Following the success of their prize-winning account of the infamous killing of PC George Clark ? The Dagenham Murder ? Linda Rhodes and Kathryn Abnett now collaborate with Kevin Trott to reconstruct, in vivid detail, another sensational Victorian murder case. Inspector Thomas Simmons was shot and fatally wounded near Romford in January 1885, and the search for his killers culminated in a second police murder, this time in far-off Cumbria. In tracing the course of the crime ? and the country-wide manhunt, court cases and executions that followed ? the characters and methods of Simmons and his fellow officers are revealed, as the desperate criminal careers of the killers. This meticulously researched, graphic and highly readable case study gives a rich insight into the dark side of late Victorian England. SELLING POINTS: Compelling account of a notorious Victorian murder Evocative record of violent, tragic local events Reconstructs the killing, the nationwide manhunt, the court cases, the executions ILLUSTRATIONS 40 illustrations
