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Stockbridge Baby Farmer, The
and other Scottish Murder Stories
By Molly Whittington-EganThis is another evocative and highly readable series of murder cases which follows on from the first volume of Scottish Murder Stories. Written in a frequently witty and irreverent style, these stories confirm that while the world has moves on, the human mind still deals with murder in the same old fashion with motives which have rarely changed over the years.
The 19 tales are:
1. The Stockbridge Baby-Farmer: Jessie King, 1888
2. 'I am Gall': Peter Queen, 1931
3. The Half-Mutchkin: Edinburgh Brothel Case, 1823
4. To the Lighthouse: Robert Dickson, 1960
5. Mr Kello's Sunday Morning Service: John Kello, 1570
6. The Whiteinch Atrocities: The McArthur Murder, 1904; Helen and William Harkness, 1921
7. Death of a Hermit: George Shaw and George Dunn, 1952
8. The Light-Headed Cutty: Mary Smith; aka 'The Wife o'Denside', 1826
9. The Postman Knocked: Stanislav Myszka, 1947
10. Brutality: James Keenan, 1969
11. Rurality: James Robb, 1849; George Christie, 1852
12. The Northfield Mystery: Helen and William Watt, 1756
13. Blue Vitriol: Kate Humphrey, 1830; Anne Inglis, 1795
14. The Battered Bride: John Adam, 1835
15. The Babes in the Quarry: Patrick Higgins, 1911
16. The Poisonous Puddocks: George Thom, 1821
17. The Tram Ride: Alexander Edmonstone, 1969
18. The Tooth Fiend: Gordon Hay, 1967
19. The Icing on the Shortbread: Thomas Mathieson Brown, 1906.
Key Features
The sequel to Scottish Murder Stories which sold out on publication and has reprinted. The book deals with some of the more offbeat murder cases in Scotland. A uniquely entertaining reference work.
About the Author
About Molly Whittington-Egan
Molly Whittington-Egan is a leading true-crime writer whose credits include The Murder Almanac, The Bedside Book of Murder, The Story of Mr George Edalji, Khaki Mischief: The Agra Murder Case; Classic Scottish Murder Stories, Scottish Murder Stories, The Stockbridge Baby Farmer , Murder on the Bluff: The Carew Poisoning Case and Murder on File.All Titles by Molly Whittington-Egan
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