The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

Copyright © 2008 by Kate Summerscale

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ISBN: 978-0-8027-1535-7 (hardcover)

First published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury in 2008

First U.S. edition published by Walker & Company in 2008

First e-book edition published in 2010

E-book ISBN: 978-0-8027-7929-8

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