Holly's votes on the list Victorian True Crime

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1	The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale 3.51 avg rating — 25,700 ratings Holly rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England by Paul Thomas Murphy 3.40 avg rating — 565 ratings Holly rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit by Carol Baxter 3.57 avg rating — 191 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer by Kate Summerscale 3.48 avg rating — 6,821 ratings Holly rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Murder by the Book: A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime by Claire Harman 3.21 avg rating — 1,520 ratings Holly rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun 3.54 avg rating — 1,207 ratings Holly added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Inheritor's Powder: A Tale of Arsenic, Murder, and the New Forensic Science by Sandra Hempel 3.21 avg rating — 882 ratings Holly added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	1888: London Murders in the Year of the Ripper by Peter Stubley 3.74 avg rating — 399 ratings Holly added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Conan Doyle for the Defense: The True Story of a Sensational British Murder, a Quest for Justice, and the World's Most Famous Detective Writer by Margalit Fox (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 2,413 ratings Holly rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women by Hallie Rubenhold (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 74,217 ratings Holly added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Did She Kill Him?: A Victorian Tale of Deception, Adultery, and Arsenic by Kate Colquhoun 3.59 avg rating — 523 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief by Ben Macintyre 3.86 avg rating — 2,407 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Lady in the Cellar: Murder, Scandal and Insanity in Victorian Bloomsbury by Sinclair McKay 3.51 avg rating — 504 ratings Holly added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Murder by Candlelight: The Gruesome Slayings Behind Our Romance with the Macabre by Michael Knox Beran 2.86 avg rating — 466 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders (Goodreads Author) 3.41 avg rating — 4,551 ratings Holly added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Secret Poisoner: A Century of Murder by Linda Stratmann (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 360 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	London 1849: A Victorian Murder Story by Michael Alpert 3.61 avg rating — 213 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy by Paul Thomas Murphy 3.66 avg rating — 713 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess by Sarah Beth Hopton (Goodreads Author) 3.43 avg rating — 569 ratings Holly rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes (Dover Books on History, Political and Social Science) by Mary S. Hartman 3.60 avg rating — 345 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England by James Ruddick 3.67 avg rating — 1,799 ratings Holly rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum by Mark Stevens 3.53 avg rating — 2,457 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Trials of Passion: Crimes Committed in the Name of Love and Madness by Lisa Appignanesi (Goodreads Author) 3.32 avg rating — 149 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The London Underworld in the Victorian Period: Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes by Henry Mayhew 4.06 avg rating — 334 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy and Murder in Literary London by Susan Tyler Hitchcock 3.41 avg rating — 279 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was Poisoned at Home, Work, and Play by James C. Whorton 4.05 avg rating — 313 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England's Most Notorious Doctor by Stephen Bates (Goodreads Author) 3.20 avg rating — 248 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Amelia Dyer, Angel Maker: The Woman Who Murdered Babies for Money by Alison Rattle 3.91 avg rating — 169 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Victorian Underworld by Donald Serrell Thomas 3.76 avg rating — 204 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Crime & Criminals of Victorian England by Adrian Gray 3.64 avg rating — 73 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body Snatching in 1830s London by Sarah Wise (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 808 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock by Lucy Worsley 3.83 avg rating — 5,191 ratings Holly rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Good Old Days: Crime, Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London by Gilda O'Neill 3.62 avg rating — 434 ratings Holly rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Madness, Murder and Mayhem: Criminal Insanity in Victorian and Edwardian Britain by Kathryn Burtinshaw 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Rivals of the Ripper: Unsolved Murders of Women in Late Victorian London by Jan Bondeson 3.67 avg rating — 155 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook by Donald Rumbelow 3.85 avg rating — 2,151 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden story of Jerome Caminada by Angela Buckley (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 60 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife And The Missing Corpse by Piu Marie Eatwell (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 1,692 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals by Michelle Morgan 3.48 avg rating — 459 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 5,607 ratings Holly added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars