But after the investigation at Road Hill the image of the detective darkened. He turned brutal crimes – the vestiges of the beast in man – into intellectual puzzles. In a newly uncertain world, he offered science, conviction, stories that could organise chaos. “A Victorian detective was a secular substitute for a prophet or a priest. I began our discussion by a reading a passage from the introduction: Also, be warned: this post contains spoilers.) (Click here to read my original review of this book. I have the incredible good luck to be associated with The Usual Suspects, a gratifyingly brainy group of people who brought their impressive intellects to bear full force upon Kate Summerscale’s many-layered, remarkable narrative. But – doubts were vanquished almost as soon as we began. Whicher presents such an array of complex issues, I doubted I could do the book justice. I confess I approached last Tuesday night’s discussion with a certain diffidence. Octoat 9:08 pm ( Book clubs, books, Crime, History, Uncategorized) Whicher, by Kate Summerscale: a book discussion
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