The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale is quite the experience. It isn’t a book. It is a case encyclopedia. When you pick up this book it may seem like you are going to read about one historical case. But you soon find out it outlines a […]
Kate Summerscale
The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale
The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale describes the life and crime of Robert Allen Coombes (1882-1949). The book is a journalistic overview of the crime and trial that followed but it also explores human behaviour. Yes, Coombes killed his mother but what moved him isn’t as clear-cut as it seems in the beginning of the story. At […]