The Curious Habits of Dr Adams - A 1950s Murder Mystery

'Was rich Mrs Gertrude Hullett murdered at her luxurious 15-room home on Beachy Head? Detectives are tonight trying to establish the cause of the 50-year-old widow's sudden death . . . ' Daily Mail , 1957 In July 1957, the press descended in droves on the south-coast town of Eastbourne. An inquest had just been opened into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs Bobbie Hullett. She died after months of apparent barbiturate abuse - the drugs prescribed to calm her nerves by her close friend and doctor, Dr John Bodkin Adams. The inquest brought to the surface years of whispered suspicion that had swept through the tea rooms, shops and nursing homes of the town. The doctor's alarming influence over the lives, deaths and finances of wealthy widows had not gone unnoticed - it was rumoured that the family doctor had been on a killing spree that spanned decades and involved 300 suspicious cases. Superintendent Hannam of Scotland Yard was called in to investigate. The Curious Habits of Dr Adams brilliantly brings to life the atmosphere of post-war England, and uses a wealth of new documents to follow the twists and turns of an extraordinary Scotland Yard murder enquiry. As expertly crafted as the best period detective novel, this book casts an entertainingly chilling light on a man reputed to be one of England's most prolific serial killers.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Robins, Robins Jane
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781848544727
• ISBN: 978-1-84854-472-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Series: JOHN MURRAY
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, TRUE CRIME / Murder / Serial Killers, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Crime and criminology, C 1945 To C 1960