Mr Crippen, Cora and the Body in the Basement by Coniam, Matthew - 2021

Pen and Sword True Crime, 10/29/2021 12:00:01. hardcover. New. 1.1024 in x 9.3701 in x 6.4961 in.

Paperback. Very Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Pen & Sword, 2021. Hardcover. New. 256 pages. 9.25x6.00x1.14 inches.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The first account of the Crippen saga to make full use of the new DNA evidence that has transformed the case.

New. The first account of the Crippen saga to make full use of the new DNA evidence that has transformed the case.

Barnsley: Pen & Sword True Crime, 2021. It was an 'open and shut' case. Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American quack doctor, had murdered his wife, the music hall performer Belle Elmore, and buried parts of her body in the coal cellar of their North London home. But by the time the remains were discovered he had fled the country with his mistress disguised as his son. After a thrilling chase across the ocean he was caught, returned to England, tried and hanged, remembered forever after as the quintessential domestic murderer. But if it was as straightforward as the prosecution alleged, why did he leave only some of the body in his house, when he had successfully disposed of the head, limbs and bones elsewhere? Why did he stick so doggedly to a plea of complete innocence, when he might have made a sympathetic case for manslaughter? Why did he make no effort to cover his tracks if he really had been planning a murder? These and other questions remained tantalising mysteries for almost a century,… Read More

Hardback. New.