Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Jersey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, Glynis.

Series:

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Investigation--England.

Serial murders--England--London--History.

Violent crimes--England.

Local Subjects:

Murder--Investigation--England.

Serial murders--England--London--History.

Violent crimes--England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Wharncliffe, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a superb companion volume to her best-selling book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Guernsey, Glynis Cooper turns her attention to the dark side of the past in Jersey. And there is no shortage of shocking stories to tell - crimes of passion and despair, cases of murder, deceit and pure malice, opportunistic killings and coldly premeditated acts of wickedness that are as disturbing today as they were in their own time. For this journey into a neglected area in Jersey's history she has selected a revealing series of cases dating from the medieval period to the present day. She recalls the

Contents:

""CHAPTER 24 - A Death in the Family 1875""""CHAPTER 25 - Not Caesar, Only Romeo 1880s""; ""CHAPTER 26 - A Shocking Tragedy 1894""; ""CHAPTER 27 - Bent Bluebottles 1894""; ""CHAPTER 28 - It was an Accident 1894""; ""CHAPTER 29 - Left to Starve 1900""; ""CHAPTER 30 - Murder in a Cornfield 1906""; ""CHAPTER 31 - Foul Deeds and Tragedies of the Occupation 1940�45""; ""CHAPTER 32 - Deadly Secrets of Jersey�s Wartime Tunnels 1943""; ""CHAPTER 33 - Witching Times 19th & 20th centuries""; ""Index""

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-78303-549-8

OCLC:

854975034