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Zusatztext Kate Colquhoun's irreproachable unpicking of the case is meticulous! patient! thorough and measured Informationen zum Autor Kate Colquhoun's non-fiction titles have been shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2004 and longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2004. Her books with Little, Brown were both shortlisted for the CWA Daggers non-fiction Prize: Mr Briggs' Hat in 2011 and Did She Kill Him? in 2014. As well as writing for several newspapers and magazines, she appears regularly on national radio and television. She lives in London with her two sons. Klappentext On 9 July 1864, businessman Thomas Briggs walked into carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train. A few minutes later, two bank clerks entered the carriage - but as they sat down, one of them noticed blood pooled in the seat cushions. And then he saw the blood smeared all over the floor and windows, and a bloody handprint on the door... But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs. The only things left in the carriage were his walking stick, his bag - and a hat that, strangely, did not belong to Mr Briggs... 'A riveting portrait of Victorian London' Financial Times 'A cunning and suspenseful tale' The Independent 'A sensationally episodic tale that is every bit as compelling as it must have been when it happened' Easy Living The fascinating story of the first ever railway murder Zusammenfassung The fascinating story of the first ever railway murder
