Ruxton
The First Modern Murder
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Narrated by:
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Steve Worsley
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By:
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Tom Wood
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Two dismembered bodies discarded in the borderlands of Scotland, hideously mutilated to avoid identification. Forty-three pieces of rotten flesh and bone wrapped in rags and newspaper. A jigsaw puzzle of decomposing human remains. A glamorous young wife and her dutiful nursemaid missing. A handsome, mild-mannered town doctor insanely jealous of his wife’s friendships with other men.
It is 1935, and the deaths of Isabella Ruxton and Mary Rogerson would result in one of the most complex investigations the world had ever seen. The gruesome murders captured worldwide attention, with newspapers keeping the public enthralled with all the gory details. But behind the headlines was a different, more important story: the groundbreaking work of Scottish forensic scientists who developed new techniques to solve the case and shape the future of scientific criminal investigation. With access to previously unseen documents, this book re-examines the case and reveals for the first time the incredible inside story of the investigation and its legacy. This is the first modern murder.
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- Victoria Strike
- 24-07-2024
Brilliant!
Well written, researched and delivered. I Inhaled this book.
It’s gruesome. It’s not a case you’ll forget. I’ve been down the rabbit hole on this one. Don’t google the pictures.
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- Diana Lee
- 07-05-2023
Absolutely fascinating
Definitely not what I was expecting, it was so much better!
I usually listen to fiction, so to hear the story of a real murder and the story surrounding the killer being captured was fascinating. Incredible to think how forensic science has evolved from this, the starting point.
The author has given a great amount of detail in this book to give a full understanding of the story.
Narration was excellent, well read and easy to understand.
I’d definitely recommend this to anyone interested in this style of book.
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