Unsolved London Murders : The 1920s and 1930s

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oates, Jonathan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold cases (Criminal investigation)--England--London--History--20th century.

Murder--England--London--History--20th century.

Murder--Investigation--England--London--History--20th century.

Murder--History--20th century--London--England.

Murder.

Murder--History--Investigation--20th century--England--London.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation)--History--20th century--England--London.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation).

Local Subjects:

Cold cases (Criminal investigation)--England--London--History--20th century.

Murder--England--London--History--20th century.

Murder--Investigation--England--London--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Unsolved London Murders

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than unsolved murders. The shock of the crime itself and the mystery surrounding it, the fear generated by the awareness a killer on the loose, the insight the cases give into outdated police methods, and the chance to speculate about the identity of the killer after so many years have passed - all these aspects of unsolved murder cases make them compelling reading. In this companion volume to his best-selling Unsolved Murders of Victorian and Edwardian London, Jonathan Oates has selected over 20 haunting, sometimes shocking cases from t

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 The Police of London in the 1920s and 1930s""; ""Chapter 2 Crime in London between the World Wars""; ""Chapter 3 Death in Chelsea, 1920""; ""Chapter 4 The Murder of a Policeman, 1921""; ""Chapter 5 The IRA Murders, 1921""; ""Chapter 6 Murder in Shoreditch, 1923?""; ""Chapter 7 Death of a French Acrobat, 1924""; ""Chapter 8 The Death of a Landlady, 1924""; ""Chapter 9 The Poisoned Egg Merchant, 1924""; ""Chapter 10 The Murder of a Shopkeeper, 1926""

""Chapter 11 The Railway Murder, 1929""""Chapter 12 Did Frederick Field Kill Annie Upchurch? 1931""; ""Chapter 13 Violation and Murder, 1931""; ""Chapter 14 The Most Dangerous Game, 1932""; ""Chapter 15 The Croydon Mystery, 1932""; ""Chapter 16 Whose Body? 1935""; ""Chapter 17 Was there a Serial Strangler in Soho, 1935�1936?""; ""Chapter 18 Murder in Southall, 1938""; ""Chapter 19 Death in Hyde Park, 1938""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781783037209

1783037202

OCLC:

854974747