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  • Interpreting the Ripper Letters

    Missed Clues and Reflections on Victorian Society

    by M. J. Trow ...
    This true crime history examines the media frenzy surrounding Jack the Ripper—and what the so-called Ripper Letters reveal about Victorian society.In the autumn of 1888, a series of grisly murders took place in Whitechapel in London's East End. The Whitechapel murderer, arguably the first of his kind, was never caught, though the police and local press received hundreds of letters claiming to be ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Killer of the Princes in the Tower

    A New Suspect Revealed

    by M. J. Trow ...
    A new investigation into the most infamous crime of the Middle Ages: the supposed murders of Edward V and his brother Richard of York in the 15th century.The disappearance of two boys during the summer of 1483 has never been satisfactorily explained. They were Edward, Prince of Wales, nearly thirteen at the time, and his brother, Richard of York, nearly ten. With their father, Edward IV, dying ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lestrade and the Sign of Nine

    by M. J. Trow ...
    Book two in the Inspector Lestrade series.It was a puzzle that faced Scotland Yard from its very begin-ning – whose was the limbless body found among the foundations? And in the murderous world of Sholto Lestrade, one question is invariably followed by another – what do a lecherous rector, a devious speculator and a plagiaristic novel-ist have in common? Answer: they're all dead, each of them with ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jack the Ripper

    Quest for a Killer

    by M. J. Trow ...
    The definitive investigation, "full of colorful details and sensational speculations—for those who enjoy whodunits with a bit of real history" ( Book News).For more than a hundred and twenty years, the identity of the Whitechapel murderer known to us as Jack the Ripper has both eluded us and spawned a veritable industry of speculation. This book names him. Mad doctors, Russian lunatics, bungling ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lestrade and the Magpie

    Inspector Lestrade, #15

    by M. J. Trow ...
    Series Book 15 - Inspector Lestrade
    Book fifteen in the Inspector Lestrade series.'There was a Front;But damn'd if we knew where!'England in 1920 is a land fit for heroes. So why is one of those heroes found dead in a dingy London hotel? And why does his war record show that he has been missing, presumed killed in action, for three years?The deceased is none other than the fiancé of Inspector Lestrade's daughter and when her tears ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • War Crimes

    Underworld Britain in the Second World War

    by M. J. Trow ...
    The Second World War was a defining experience in British history. It shaped us, made us what we are, and we are still fascinated by it. And one of the most extraordinary aspects of this unique war was the effect it had on crime - and this is the focus of M.J. Trow's compelling survey. He does not write solely about servicemen who committed crime - although there were many of them - and he does ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand

    by M. J. Trow ...
    Book six in the Inspector Lestrade series.The London Underground Railway, in 1895, was described as 'dark, deadly and halfway to Hell'. Only too true, for as the last train rattled into Liverpool Street, the one remaining passenger did not get off. How could she, when her eyes stared sightless and her heart had stopped?There was another corpse at the Elephant in the morning, wedged between the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Swearing Like A Trooper

    Rude Slang of World War Two

    by M. Trow ...
    In September 1939, much military slang still dated to the trenches of 1914-18 - for instance words such as 'Berthas' (meaning big breasts), taken from the German Big Bertha gun . But World War II soon gave birth to a new wave of armed forces slang such as 'wizard prang', D.S.O (Dick Shot Off), and bazookas (back to breasts again).Some British terms came from the army's links with India, for ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Thames Torso Murders

    by M. J. Trow ...
    The author of Jack the Ripper: Quest for a Killer examines a different series of grisly unsolved murders in Victorian-era London.Dismembered corpses are discovered scattered along the banks of the river Thames, a calculating clinical multiple murderer is on the loose, and the London police have no inkling of the killer's identity – and, more than a century later, they still don't. In this, M.J. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade

    by M. J. Trow ...
    Book four in the Inspector Lestrade series.It is 1891 and London is still reeling from the horror of the unsolved Ripper murders when Inspector Lestrade (that 'ferret-like' anti-hero so often out-detected by the legendary Sherlock Holmes) is sent to the Isle of Wight to investigate a strange corpse found walled up in Shanklin Chine.But this is only the start of the nightmare. It is merely the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Adventures of Sir Samuel White Baker

    Victorian Hero

    by M. J. Trow ...
    Sir Samuel White Baker is one of those larger-than-life heroes only the Victorians could invent. For too long, the British Empire has been denigrated and equated with arrogance at best and racial bigotry at worst. Samuel Baker transcends that. He was an explorer and naturalist, recording new species on his many travels; a big game hunter with huge expertise across continents; an engineer of skill ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The JFK Assassination

    Conspiracies and Coverups

    by M. J. Trow ...
    The JFK assassination stirs enduring conspiracy theories and questions of accountability, justice, and governmental transparency. The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy is one of the milestones of history. Everyone, it is said, remembers where they were when they heard the news. Because the official investigation, the Warren Commission, set up by Kennedy's successor in the White House, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus