The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer

by Kate Summerscale

Book Overview

Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book From the internationally bestselling author, a deeply researched and atmospheric murder mystery of late Victorian-era London In the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age 13) and his brother Nattie (age 12) were seen spending lavishly around the docklands of East London -- for ten days in July, they ate out at coffee houses and took trips to the seaside and the theater. The boys told neighbors they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594205787
• ISBN13: 9781594205781
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.2"