- EAN13
- 9781848544734
- Éditeur
- John Murray Press
- Date de publication
- 23/05/2013
- Langue
- anglais
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Aide EAN13 : 9781848544734
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'Was rich Mrs Gertrude Hullett murdered at her luxurious 15-room home on
Beachy Head? Detectives are tonight trying to establish the cause of the 50
-year-old widow's sudden death . . . ' Daily Mail, 1957
In July 1957, the press descended in droves on the south-coast town of
Eastbourne. An inquest had just been opened into the suspicious circumstances
surrounding the death of Mrs Bobbie Hullett. She died after months of apparent
barbiturate abuse - the drugs prescribed to calm her nerves by her close
friend and doctor, Dr John Bodkin Adams.
The inquest brought to the surface years of whispered suspicion that had swept
through the tea rooms, shops and nursing homes of the town. The doctor's
alarming influence over the lives, deaths and finances of wealthy widows had
not gone unnoticed - it was rumoured that the family doctor had been on a
killing spree that spanned decades and involved 300 suspicious cases.
Superintendent Hannam of Scotland Yard was called in to investigate.
The Curious Habits of Dr Adams brilliantly brings to life the atmosphere of
post-war England, and uses a wealth of new documents to follow the twists and
turns of an extraordinary Scotland Yard murder enquiry. As expertly crafted as
the best period detective novel, this book casts an entertainingly chilling
light on a man reputed to be one of England's most prolific serial killers.
Beachy Head? Detectives are tonight trying to establish the cause of the 50
-year-old widow's sudden death . . . ' Daily Mail, 1957
In July 1957, the press descended in droves on the south-coast town of
Eastbourne. An inquest had just been opened into the suspicious circumstances
surrounding the death of Mrs Bobbie Hullett. She died after months of apparent
barbiturate abuse - the drugs prescribed to calm her nerves by her close
friend and doctor, Dr John Bodkin Adams.
The inquest brought to the surface years of whispered suspicion that had swept
through the tea rooms, shops and nursing homes of the town. The doctor's
alarming influence over the lives, deaths and finances of wealthy widows had
not gone unnoticed - it was rumoured that the family doctor had been on a
killing spree that spanned decades and involved 300 suspicious cases.
Superintendent Hannam of Scotland Yard was called in to investigate.
The Curious Habits of Dr Adams brilliantly brings to life the atmosphere of
post-war England, and uses a wealth of new documents to follow the twists and
turns of an extraordinary Scotland Yard murder enquiry. As expertly crafted as
the best period detective novel, this book casts an entertainingly chilling
light on a man reputed to be one of England's most prolific serial killers.
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