The book, "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher' by Kate Summerscale published in April of 2008, is a mysterious murder case based on true events that occurred in England. On the 29th of June in 1860 a young boy, only the age of three, was gruesomly murdered in his own house, Road Hill He was found in a n outside privy with his throat slit and covered in blood with a blanket over his body to try and hide the evidence. With very little things known about detectives in that time, there were only eight detectives in all of England. The main detective in this book is a Mr. Whicher, who was the best detective known for his work. Mr. Whicher was not on the case for very long when he had to come to a shocking truth that the young boy must have been murdered by a member living in the house. In the house Road Hill many residents of the …show more content…
The beginning describing the detail and the concern of all the members of the family was almost realistic, well described, and had the way it was written waas very convining; it was like actually being in the book at Road Hill House.Throughout the book there were many twist and turns including how the nursemaid was arrested at first until Mr. Whicher found the whole situation quite fishy; which made reading the book even more intruiging and enjoyable to read. Just when the chapter would end, it would end with a cliff hanger which made it very hard to put the book down/ The ending was just as good as the beginning, the book revealed that the sister, Constance Kent had killed her little brother at the age of 16. She had murdered her brother most likely out of jealousy and revenge, many articles of the actual case have led to her possibly being mentally unstable. The book, "The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher" was a very amazing mysterious thriller book that was almost impossible to put down. Kate Summerscale did a great job writting this book and capturing the attention of her
The book is great with the plot mainly focused in the courtroom, but it feels like the author put the plot of the story from different events that happened to younger people and not from one whole event. Finally, the document went into depth of how the defense attorney went on to get every piece of evidence as possible to make the eyes of the jury see that Brenton Butler was not the person that shot and killed the
One July afternoon in 1931 on a cloudy and cool afternoon a police officer walks in the local areas detective office. The officer sets a dirty folder with a big brown splotch on it, which seems to be a coffee stain. Inside the stained folder contains 2 printed pages of check copies. The detective puts on a bewildered face and wonders what he is supposed to accomplish with the unsolvable papers. Little does the detective know he has a long road ahead of him on discovering the unsolved mystery of Lawrence Exeter Jr.
...story, this made me think that finally the serial killer is caught but that turned out to be nothing, still having the suspense of when the real serial killer will come in hand. But against my every envisagement, the serial killer came by himself to Duncan to get his lost diary back in the lost and found department. This made the chills run through me as he came at the time I didn't expected. This brought the sudden climax in the story making me even more anxious that even though Duncan has found the serial killer, how will he ever stop this killing machine. And finally at the end when the serial killer was chasing Duncan down on the subway tracks, they both get hit by the train creating more anxiety in my mind that how will Duncan ever survive this kind of blow. But in the ending he survives and the serial killer dies, thus creating a happy mental picture in the end.
The thing about this book that have fascinated me is the character Smitty. From the very moment Ginny meets Smitty in class, you can tell that he is going to be an interesting person himself. Ginny even describes Smitty in a fascinating way, taking note of every one of his features. It even turns out that Smitty has a very complex history to him which leads to why he acts like he does to one another. Throughout the book, you learn about all the things that Smitty has gone through as Ginny and Caulder dig deeper into his past. One of the things that peaked my interest was the relationship between Smitty and his brother. You would think Smitty wouldn't fear about telling someone about what his brother did to him because he was so far away, but it shows just how terrified Smitty is of his brother and his actions.
Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of this novella has written it very cleverly, with certain techniques used that have a greater impact on the reader and ones that make it more than just any thriller/shocker. Every novella has a purpose to it and so does this story, the purpose of this novella has been made to narrative the reader and it is quite clearly reflecting the genre of the thriller/shocker. As well as this the novella has been made as a shilling shocker which depends on sensationalism and represents an immoral lifestyle that may include violence in extremity.
In Kate Summerscale’s book, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, we are introduced to a murder case at the Road Hill House in the late 19th century. The young child Saville Kent has been murdered and who murdered him is the question the entire town is interested in. All of the evidence we are introduced to points to Saville 's older, half sister, Constance Kent, as the murderer.
I think my favorite thing about this novel was the realistic ending. Some books try to just give you a fairy tale but this book had an ending that mad you think in the end if I was in the same position would I do the same thing. I didn’t like the fact that the novel portrayed mental illness in a way to say that it needed to be hidden and protected. I thought this novel was very believable for the time period that it was set in. I think the ending to this novel was perfect it was an accurate ending to this
The book begins as a mystery novel with a goal of finding the killer of the neighbor's dog, Wellington. The mystery of the dog is solved mid-way through the book, and the story shifts towards the Boone family. We learn through a series of events that Christopher has been lied to the past two years of his life. Christopher's father told him that his mother had died in the hospital. In reality she moved to London to start a new life because she was unable to handle her demanding child. With this discovery, Christopher's world of absolutes is turned upside-down and his faith in his father is destroyed. Christopher, a child that has never traveled alone going any further than his school, leaves his home in order to travel across the country to find his mother who is living in London.
the cover of this book there would be a mystery, a story of detectives, eye-
Agatha Christie once said, “Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions” (Christie). The reader may believe this quote goes with her book, Murder on the Orient Express very well and some may believe she used this quote as a thesis for the book. The idea of crime being revealing and the fact that crime is revealed through the actions that are taken suggests that murder is never really anonymous, no matter how hard the murderer tries to cover their tracks. In Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie shows how human flaws hinder murder investigations through making incorrect assumptions, holding onto the past, and cultural stereotyping.
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
Dr. Watson, Dr. James Mortimer, and Sir Henry Baskerville were the main Characters of the book. The story was a mystery, which took in place in London, and dealt with a crime that Dr. Mortimer introduced to Holmes, the expert in crime solving. There was a legend or great story about the Baskervilles, and there was this great hound that plagued the family. Sir Charles Baskerville’s death was too identical in what would happen to a Baskerville family member if they passed the moor. So what happened is Holmes and Dr. Watson finally solves the crime in the end, finding out that it was a relative of Sir Charles who got a huge hound to scare him. In the end they found out that Sir Charles was so terrified and from heart disease he died.
First, Miss Marple confronts Miss Lavinia about the reliability of Mary. She says, “She sounds to me almost too good to be true. I should—well, I should be a little careful if I were you”. Miss Lavinia, instead of adhering to Marple’s warning, continues to dote on all of the terrific qualities of the new maid. Christie again uses foreshadowing through the dialogue of her characters to create the thrilling suspense experienced by her readers. With the connecting clues and suspense, the reader can predict that Miss Higgins is hiding something. It is revealed next that Mary vanishes in the night along with valuables from all of the tenants residing in Old Hall. The “perfect maid” had been a fraud for the Skinner sisters stole both the tenants’ valuables and their trust. Consulting the inspector, Miss Marple brings together evidence concerning Mary’s sudden disappearance, deducing that Miss Emily Skinner is acting as Mary Higgins. With her fear of being ill, she would have called for the doctor at least once a day. But, Emily never called the doctor when Mary was working for her and Lavinia. All of the foreshadowing prior to the unveiling was strategically placed to clue in the reader of the resolution. Also, Mary Higgins would have had to have molds of the keys to the other tenants’ flats proving that the culprit had to be someone who was a part of society but not often in society. Through
The aspect of this afterword that I found the most intriguing was Hall's critique of Mrs. Penniman. "Morris Townsend is revealed as her fantasy of an oedipal lover" (230). That line really struck me for it seemed to be the first comment that I had read that was unusual and new. Anyone reading the novel could, rather quickly, deduce the general personalities of the characters. The author's observations about Catherine, Dr. Sloper and Morris do not reveal any new character dynamics. But, his ideas about Mrs. Penniman elaborate beyond the usual "annoying and selfish" remarks.
I enjoyed this story and whislt reading it I wondered if it was a good detectivew story and therefore I compared it to W.H. Audens description of a detective story. Which is "A murder occurs; many are suspected; all but one suspect, who is the murderer, are eliminated; the murderer is arrested or dies." While a murder does occur and many are suspected but that is were the similarity ends. Because the suspects are not eliminated down to a single criminal and a murderer is not arrested or dies. Perhaps this is because Agatha Christie believed that the outcome does not always have to do justice in accordance with the law and rather that it is morally right.