Crippen: A Novel of Murder
Format: kindle
ASIN: B001INVU4I
Publish date: January 23rd 2007
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
This is a novel to burrow into and one for the Autumn / Winter list. My 10th Novel by John Boyne and I really do find that this author has a talent for creating memorable characters and bringing history to live. Pure entertainment and great stroytelling.Each of his novels are uniquely different, e...
1910 macht Scotland Yard in London eine grausige Entdeckung. Im Haus des ruhigen und freundlichen Dr. Crippens findet sich seine zerstückelte Frau unter den Kellerdielen. Vom mutmaßlichen Täter fehlt jede Spur, bis sich der Kapitän eines Passagierschiffs bei Scotland Yard meldet, denn ein fragwürdig...
Inhaltsangabe Im Sommer 1910 steht Scotland Yard vor einem unlösbaren Fall: Im Haus des allseits beliebten Mr. Hawley Crippen wird die grausam zerstückelte Leiche seiner Frau gefunden. Von Crippen selbst fehlt jede Spur... John Boyne erzählt meisterlich die spannende Jagd nach einem mutmaßlichen Mör...
I'm a great fan of John Boyne's books. I started of course with The boy in the striped pyjamas, but have since read almost all his books. There are very few authors whose books I look forward to as much as I do with his. This book is set in 1910 (and the years before that), and is as the title sug...
This is a slightly gothic and a very captivating historical fiction based on real-life events that happened over 100 years ago. It brings a fresh perspective while it recounts the life of the rather infamous and charismatic murderer Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen.When I started the book I had no idea who...
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