Published: 1934 | Series: Standalone Based on the events of a sensational murder trial, the 1922 Thompson and Bywaters case, F. Tennyson Jesse's novel portrays Edith Thompson as Julia Almond, who becomes trapped by her sex and class in a criminal justice system in which she has no control.
Published: 1930 | Series: Lord Peter Wimsey 5 The Crown's case is watertight. Harriet Vane is guilty of the killing her lover, and she will hang for it...unless her claims of innocence are true. Can Lord Peter Wimsey prove that Harriet Vane is not guilty of murder, and
Published: 1926 | Series: Lord Peter Wimsey 2 When the fiancé of Lord Peter's sister, Mary, is found dead outside the conservatory of the Wimsey family's shooting lodge in Yorkshire, the evidence points in an unfortunate direction. Their older brother, Gerald, the Duke of Denver, appears to
