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She kept her gaze fixed out of the window, towards the village and Withington Hall beyond. ''It''s perfect,'' she said...September 1920. A young bride is discovered dead at a country house on her wedding day. Has she fallen victim to the deadly Withington curse, which strikes down any woman who marries into the family?Forensic Pathologist Dr Bernard Spilsbury doesn''t believe in such superstitions, and suspects a more earthly reason for Theodora Tupper''s death. But as he and his trusty assistant Violet investigate, they soon discover that there are indeed ghosts at Withington Hall. And they, too, have a story to tell...

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'I thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Entertaining, compelling and gripping. Highly recommended' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'If I could give this book more than five stars I would' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Dr. Spilsbury and the Camden Town Killer is the first in an exciting new historical mystery series, featuring legendary forensic pathologist Sir Bernard Henry Spilsbury London, 1920. There's a killer on the streets of Camden Town, and no woman is safe.When a woman's body is dragged from the Regent's Canal on a freezing January night, eminent forensic pathologist and criminal sleuth Dr Bernard Spilsbury immediately detects foul play. And when a second woman washes up dead under similar circumstances, police realise they are looking for a dangerous predator. Is someone luring lonely spinsters to their deaths through a newspaper Lonely Hearts column? And can they be stopped before they strike again? With time against them, there's only one thing the police can do... Send for Dr Spilsbury!

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