Simon Read
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
A riveting true-crime history of London's first modern police force as told through its most notorious murder cases.
The idea of Scotland Yard is steeped in atmospheric stories of foggy London streets, murder by lamplight, and fiendish killers pursued by gentleman detectives. From its establishment in 1829 through the eve of World War II, Scotland Yard—the world's first modern, professional, and centrally organized
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