1887. The year before the infamous 'Ripper' murders in London, and Inspector Samuel Ravenscroft of the Whitechapel Constabulary fails to apprehend the murderer of a young girl. Reprimanded by his superiors, he is told to take a holiday in fashionable Malvern. After experiencing the rigours of the Water Cure treatment at the Tudor Hydropathic establishment, he is asked to help solve the murder of a prominent local business man - and soon uncovers a world of danger and deceit beneath the surface of genteel Malvern society.Before he can hope to solve the crime however, he must first strive to encounter the mysterious woman in black - and to survive the ancient curse of the Raggedstone Hill......
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Kerry Tombs was born in Smethwick, near Birmingham, in 1945. After a career in teaching in both England and Australia, he moved to Malvern in 1982, where he became a local genealogist, lecturer and bookseller. He has set The Malvern Murders in a variety of Malvern locations including St.Ann's Well, Malvern College, the British Camp and the Priory Church - and in the nearby villages of Colwall and Mathon and town of Ledbury. Kerry Tombs has recently completed his autobiography 'Passing By' which mainly deals with his childhood in North Worcestershire in the 1950's - and has begun work on the sequel to the Malvern Murders, entitled The Worcester Whisperers. He now lives in Brittany in northern France.
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By Rupert
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Malvern Murders . Gentle sweet book, bought it because of the Malvern connections!Have told friends about it and they are buying it!
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Really enjoyed this book as I am interested in the Victorian period as I am employed @ Blists Hill Victorian town in Shropshire. It also helped that I know Malvern extremely well as I was born in Worcester nearby. Ravenscroft is a believable detective and I would gladly read more books from this series!
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By CeeDee
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A delightful read especially for those who come from around the Malvern/Ledbury area. The storyline is based on greed,corruption and revenge but the police characters live up to all expectations of Victorian Policing.
The mystery running through isn't revealed until almost the very end and even then there is a surprise which leaves the opportunity for a continuation of the chase. Wouldn't put the book down unless I really had to and would recommend this for anyone who is interested in Victorian Worcestershire with a hint of Whitechapel!
The mystery running through isn't revealed until almost the very end and even then there is a surprise which leaves the opportunity for a continuation of the chase. Wouldn't put the book down unless I really had to and would recommend this for anyone who is interested in Victorian Worcestershire with a hint of Whitechapel!
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Historical Mystery
Found the story enjoyable and simple, got to get to know the characters yet. When I have read all the other stories I will I may give the author a higher rating. Would recommend.
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The Malvern Murders
I bought this because I know Malvern and I was interested to read a novel set there. The plot is reasonably good but I certainly didn't find it a gripping story. Read more
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The story was generally good with lots of twists and turns and just when you thought you found the murderer it turned out to be a red herring. Read more
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room for improvement
an intriguing plot, in a well researched geographical setting. However, the writing is marred by numerous spelling errors and a lack of punctuation, rendering the dialogue at best... Read more
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Downloaded book from Amazon to my kindle. it downloaded very fast. If you like Victorian Crime stories this book is for you.
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This book is the worst I have read for not being able to tell a story succinctly. Plainly it was so badly edited that I could not read it for the errors and the lack of connection. Read more
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This book was either not proof read or was badly edited leaving it with some howlers of spelling errors - "non" for none; "bare" for bear, etc. Read more
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Thank goodness I bought this on Kindle and therefore only wasted 77p! I thought the book badly written - very amateur in style and construction, and I also feel that he has no idea... Read more
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