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The Case of the Poisoned Partridge Diane Janes

The Case of the Poisoned Partridge By Diane Janes

The Case of the Poisoned Partridge by Diane Janes


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On 22 June 1931, Lieutenant Hugh Chevis and Frances, his bride of six months, sat down to dinner as usual at their bungalow at Deepcut Barracks. Thus began one of the most intriguing unsolved murder enquiries of the twentieth century - soon to become known as `The Case of the Poisoned Partridge'.

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The Case of the Poisoned Partridge: The Strange Death of Lieutenant Chevis by Diane Janes

On 22 June 1931, Lieutenant Hugh Chevis and Frances, his bride of six months, sat down to dinner as usual at their bungalow at Deepcut Barracks. Within an hour, Chevis was showing signs of strychnine poisoning and by the next morning he was dead. Thus began one of the most intriguing unsolved murder enquiries of the twentieth century - soon to become known as `The Case of the Poisoned Partridge'. When a mysterious telegram arrived from Dublin on the day of Hugh's funeral, containing the words `HOORAY HOORAY HOORAY', the Surrey Police found themselves at the centre of an international investigation, considering clues from Eire, India and the Far East. Suspicion also fell on those closer to home. Was it possible to break the alibi provided by Major Jackson, Frances Chevis's former husband? And what of the enigmatic Frances herself? Featuring previously unpublished material, this book provides the definitive account of the Poisoned Partridge Case.

About Diane Janes

DIANE JANES is a full-time writer and lecturer. She is the author of a number of crime novels and investigative non-fiction, including Edwardian Murder and Poisonous Lies. She lives in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria.

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GOR005828416
9780752479460
0752479466
The Case of the Poisoned Partridge: The Strange Death of Lieutenant Chevis by Diane Janes
Used - Very Good
Paperback
The History Press Ltd
20130902
224
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