Hallie Rubenhold

The long-awaited new book by the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE, the fascinating feminist retelling of the historical true-crime story of infamous wifemurderer Dr Crippen in Edwardian England, brought to justice by an extraordinary group of musichall women.

No murderer should ever be the keeper of their victim's story … On 1 February, 1910, vivacious musichall 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. They 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. Hiding in the shadows of this evergreen tale is Crippen’s typist and lover, Ethel Pub Date: 27 March 2025 ISBN: 9780857527318 / 0857527312 Price: £25.00 Subject: True Crime, Biography: Historical, Political & Military, Gender Studies: Women Format: 234mm x 153mm Binding: Hardback Extent: 512 pages Territory: Exclusive UK,IE,CW,EU; ROW open mkt excluding US,PH,CA Publicist: Patsy Irwin Bar C ode: 9780857527318 BIC C ode: BTC, BGH, JFSJ1 Web A ddress: https://Facebook.com/HallieR ubenhold https://twitter.com/hallierubenhold https://Facebook.com/HallieRubenhold A uthor Location: Muswell Hill, North London Book Locale: Ireland, London, California A I Last Updated: 23 October 2024 Le Neve – was she really just ‘an innocent young girl’ in thrall to a powerful older man as so many people have since reported? And what is the story behind the death of Crippen's first wife, Charlotte, who died so quietly, never to be heard of again? In this epic 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. Featuring a carnival cast of eccentric entertainers, glamorous lawyers, zealous detectives, medics and liars, STORY OF A MURDER is forensically researched and multi-layered, offering the contemporary reader an electrifying snapshot of Britain and America at the dawn of the modern era.