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book reference 237": 'Tanky' Smith: Leicester's First Private Detective

by John Harrison

Price: £4.50

Francis 'Tanky' Smith was Leicester's first private detective after being a member of the Borough Police Force between 1840 and 1864. He achieved much success clearing up street crime in Victorian … [more about book reference 237]

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book reference 300": Accident? Suicide? or Murder? In Leicestershire!

by Brian Rushin

Price: £6.00

Accident, Suicide or Murder is a murder story set around a murder story.

Tony and Veronica have moved from Lower Cloisters to Leicestershire to retire until a man asks them to use their efforts to … [more about book reference 300]

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book reference 278": Among The Broad-Arrow Men of Leicester Gaol - A Plain Account of English Prison Life (1924)

by "B-2-15" (reprint)

Price: £6.00

First published anonymously in 1924 by R. A. Castle, under his prison identity of Convict B-2-15. B stood for the tier he was on, 2 denoted the kind of work he was assigned and 15 was the cell. The … [more about book reference 278]

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book reference 195": Crime and Murder in Victorian Leicestershire (1981)

by Michael Tanner (reprint)

Price: £4.50

'Murder, most foul, as in the best it is', or so the ghost of Hamlet's murdered father thought. Murder is a subject that never fails to evoke macabre curiosity. Whether murdered or murderer, those … [more about book reference 195]

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book reference 239": Nottingham: A Place Of Execution From 1201 To 1928 (1981)

by Terry Lambley (reprint)

Price: £4.50

This book is a collection of interesting facts concerning all recorded executions in Nottinghamshire. There is no doubt that in the olden days, before records were kept, there must have been a number … [more about book reference 239]

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book reference 258": The Green Bicycle Murder and New Evidence

by Alison M. Keay

Price: £6.00

An in-depth look at this most controversial murder case from Leicestershire history.

Bella Wright, a young girl from Stoughton in south Leicestershire, was found dead in a country lane with a … [more about book reference 258]

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book reference 259": The Green Bicycle Mystery: The Story of Bella Wright and Ronald Light

by A. W. P. Mackintosh (reprint)

Price: £3.50

Bella Wright, a young girl from south Leicestershire, was found dead in a country lane with a gunshot wound in July 1919. The chief suspect in the case was a man riding a green bicycle, identified as … [more about book reference 259]

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book reference 309": The Leicestershire Mystery of the Green Bicycle Murder of 1919

by H. R. Wakefield (reprint)

Price: £6.00

Full acknowledgement is given to H R Wakefield, the author of this 1930s publication. This story of these events was brought to my attention some time ago and I have and I have just had to find out … [more about book reference 309]

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book reference 264": The Life And Times Of Francis 'Tanky' Smith (Leicester's first private detective)

by C. R. Townsend

Price: £3.50

An in-depth account of the life of this legendary man, with many never-before published facts.

From the introduction of the book:

"Having scoured most of the local history books for information … [more about book reference 264]