{"product_id":"story-of-a-murder-hallie-rubenhold","title":"Story of a Murder (Hallie Rubenhold)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE FIVE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this gripping examination of one of the most infamous murders of the twentieth century, prizewinning social historian Hallie Rubenhold gives voice to those who have never properly been heard - the women\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePopular history you devour in one sitting' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eGripping' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Unbelievably addictive' \u003c\/b\u003eLUCY WORSLEY, presenter of \u003ci\u003eA Very British Murder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I couldn't put it down' \u003c\/b\u003eBONNIE GARMUS, author of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFinely layered' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBreath-taking' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e___________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 1 February, 1910, vivacious music-hall performer, Belle Elmore, suddenly vanished from her north London home, causing alarm among her circle of female friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild who demanded an immediate investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey could not have known what they would provoke: the unearthing of a gruesome secret, followed by a fevered manhunt for the prime suspect: Belle's husband, medical fraudster, Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHiding in the shadows of this evergreen tale is Crippen's typist and lover, Ethel Le Neve - was she really just 'an innocent young girl' in thrall to a powerful older man as so many people have since reported?\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eSTORY OF A MURDER\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping and eye-opening' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eI-news, Book to Watch Out For\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Reads like \u003cb\u003ea great thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e I inhaled it' Bella Mackie, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Kill Your Family\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eA\u003cb\u003e unique combination of sleuthing, storytelling and compassion\u003c\/b\u003e' Lucy Worsley, bestselling author and historian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e. It's about time Belle became \u003cb\u003ethe hero of her own story\u003c\/b\u003e' Val McDermid, bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eKaren Pirie\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'As compelling as any \u003cb\u003ecrime drama\u003c\/b\u003e' S J Parris, bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eGiordano Bruno\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I had my hand over my wide-open mouth...\u003cb\u003eI can't recommend it more\u003c\/b\u003e: I will be thinking about it for a very long time\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Joyce, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Homemade God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Takes us \u003cb\u003ebeyond the world\u003c\/b\u003e of Dr Crippen into t\u003cb\u003ehe lives impacted by him\u003c\/b\u003e and the society in which he moved\u003cb\u003e. Terrific\u003c\/b\u003e' Ian Rankin, bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eRebus\u003c\/i\u003e series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eCompelling\u003c\/b\u003e to the very \u003cb\u003elast page\u003c\/b\u003e' Denise Mina, award-winning author of Reese's Book Club pick, \u003ci\u003eConviction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Does for the Crippen Murder case what \u003ci\u003eTHE FIVE \u003c\/i\u003edid for the victims of Jack the Ripper. \u003c\/b\u003eForensic research and insistent sympathetic writing.\u003cb\u003e I loved it' \u003c\/b\u003ePROFESSOR DAVID WILSON, BBC 1, \u003ci\u003eThe Crime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSquad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breathtaking. Rubenhold has not only produced a thrilling reassessment of a notorious crime, but an impressive portrait of an age' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHallie Rubenhold\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Baillie Gifford prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Five, the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper\u003c\/i\u003e. A renowned social historian whose expertise lies in revealing stories of previously unknown women and episodes in history, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Covent Garden Ladies \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was the inspiration behind BBC TV's 'Harlots'. Her biographical work,\u003ci\u003e Lady Worsley's Whim,\u003c\/i\u003e was dramatized by the BBC as 'The Scandalous Lady W'. Her most recent work of non-fiction, \u003ci\u003eStory of a Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe wives, the mistress and Dr Crippen\u003c\/i\u003e, has been optioned for TV. She has also written two acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eMistress of My Fate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe French Lesson\u003c\/i\u003e which give voice to the women written out by eighteenth-century literature\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in London with her husband. 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