Imprint: Vintage
Published: 06/06/2013
ISBN: 9780099554677
Length: 384 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 27mm x 129mm
Weight: 330g
RRP: £12.99
The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer's Day in 1806 - shot and beaten to death, his body set on fire and left smouldering in his own glebe field - gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. It was a strange and stubborn case. The investigation lasted twenty-four years and involved inquests, judges and coroners, each more determined than the last to solve Oddingley's most gruesome crime - or crimes, as it turned out.
With a cast of characters straight out of Hardy, Damn His Blood is a nail-biting true story of brutality, greed and ruthlessness which brings an elusive society vividly back to life.
Imprint: Vintage
Published: 06/06/2013
ISBN: 9780099554677
Length: 384 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 27mm x 129mm
Weight: 330g
RRP: £12.99
Written in the vein of Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions Of Mr Whicher, Moore's story is in many ways more compelling
Squire Haggard meets Midsomer Murders
A nail-biter
A terrific read. First class research, beautifully written, a true thriller about an extraordinary story
The clever thing is how deftly Peter Moore tells his story. At the time, the murders were a sensation so there are plenty of historical documents, but he has arranged the details in a way that shows a very canny eye for story-telling