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1 online resource (160 pages) |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Sutton true crime history |
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Sutton true crime history.
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| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Sussex's history. Based upon contemporary documents and illustrations, Johnnie Johnson re-examines some of the crimes that shocked not only the county but Britain as a whole. Among the gruesome cases featured here are the mystery man who should his wife and three children in a house in Eastbourne, the Cheif Constable who was bludgeoned to death in his own police station; the fearsome gang of smugglers who tortured and buried one of their two victims alive and threw the second to his death down a well; and the waiter who danced away the days while his lady friend's body lay mouldering in a trunk in his lodgings. All manner of murder and mystery is featured here, and this book is sure to be a must-read for try crime enthusiasts everywhere. |
| System Details |
System requirements: Adobe Digital editions. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / General.
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Murder -- England -- Sussex -- History.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Freading.
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| Related To |
Print version: Johnson, W. H. (Wilfred Harold), 1928- Sussex murders. Stroud : Sutton, 2005. 0750941278 (pbk.) : (Uk)013296709 |
| ISBN |
9780752484358 (e-pub) |
| Standard No. |
9780752484358 |
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