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Jump to navigationJump to searchMurders of London: In the steps of the capital's killers by David Long (view source)
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It is almost certain that only the best-informed reader will know of all these cases. This is undoubtedly a very useful work in providing the bare bones of well-known and overlooked violent deaths, some solved and police files closed, some not. It would however have been improved as a work of reference had either a timeline of cases mentioned or an index been added. I also have some reservations about the magazine-style layout, with the first and third pages of each chapter printed on a slightly off-white wall design background, the second page in white type on black – and all in rather a small font, broken up with headings in read on a font resembling that of an old manual typewriter. The design looks appealing at first, but is rather akin to that of a novelty which soon palls.
For a look at just one case in more depth you might enjoy [[The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Case of the Brides in the Bath by Jane Robins]] or [[The Suspicions of Dr Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale]].
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