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The muscial milkman murder : in the idyllic country village used to film Midsomer murders, it was the real-life murder story that shocked 1920 Britain

Falk, Quentin2012
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On October 8th, 1920 the body of a young woman named Kate Lilian Bailey, aged 22, was discovered. It transpired that her husband, George Arthur Bailey, had poisoned his pregnant wife with prussic acid, and sedated his young daughter. George was known as the 'musical milkman' because he could be heard whistling while on his daily milk rounds.
Imprint:
London : John Blake, 2012.
Collation:
xvi, 256 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781857828078 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.152309
Language:
English
BRN:
1361002
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