Scotland Yard's First Cases: The World of Detective Inspector 'Jack' Whicher - Softcover

Lock, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1839013672 ISBN 13: 9781839013676

Verlag: Lume Books, 2022

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When Scotland Yard's first detective branch was set up in 1842 crime was very different from today. The favoured murder weapon was the cut-throat razor; carrying a pocket watch was dangerous; the most significant clue at a murder scene could be the whereabouts of a candlestick or hat; large households (family, servants and lodgers) complicated many a case and servants sometimes murdered their masters. Detectives had few aids and suffered many disadvantages. The bloody handprints found at two early murder scenes were of no help, there being no way of telling whether blood (or hair) was human or animal. Fingerprinting was fifty years away, DNA profiling another hundred and photography was too new to help with identification. All reports had to be handwritten with a dip pen and ink and the only means of keeping contact with colleagues and disseminating information was by post, horseback or foot. In spite of these handicaps and severe press criticism, the detectives achieved some significant successes. Joan Lock includes such classic cases as the First Railway Murder, as well as many fascinating, fresh reports, weaving in new developments like the electric telegraph against a background of authentic Victorian police procedure. Charles Dickens said that Scotland Yard detectives gave the impression of leading lives of strong mental excitement. Readers of this book will understand why.Praise for Joan Lock... 'Thorough account of important early cases dealt with by Scotland Yard.' - Professor B. J. Rahn 'A better picture of the development of the detectives and the CID in the 19th century Metropolitan Police than any other book I have read.' - Alan Moss 'Vivid detail' - Historical Novel Society Joan Lock is an ex-nurse and former policewoman. Joan has also written short stories, radio plays, radio documentaries and eight crime novels. She lives in London.

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A former nurse and policewoman, Joan Lock is the author of eleven non-fiction police/crime books, including three on Scotland Yard's First detectives. As well as writing short stories and radio plays she is also an authority on the history of the British women police officers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Lume Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1839013672
• ISBN 13: 9781839013676
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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