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On a rain-swept Sunday morning in February 1899, the peaceful Kentish village of Biddenden was shaken to its core. A six-year feud reached its devastating climax when Sunday school teacher John Whibley was shot dead in the local school. Was this an act of calculated brutality by a heartless murderer, or a deluded woman's tragic attempt to fulfil what she believed to be divine will? What drove Bertha Peterson, a gentlewoman, to commit such an unthinkable act? Follow the story of a disturbed mind, shaped by dangerous beliefs and religious fanaticism, as it spirals into cold-blooded obsession. Could John Whibley's death have been averted? Was more needed to stop Bertha’s deadly path? The answers lie within this haunting true tale.

£9.99

ISBN:978-1-0686450-4-4 120pp 23 illustrations ISBN: 9781068645051 EBOOK £3.99

NEW EDWARDIAN DETECTIVE EDWIN FOWLE SERIES

A true crime narrative of the outrage and murder of seven-year girl in Tonbridge Kent on New Years Eve 1901 that caused reverberations across Edwardian society.

First volume

Second Volume

The true story of a man found brutally murdered in 1905 with his throat cut lying in a field next to the village church in a small hamlet in deepest rural Kent. The author provides a chilling account of the events, combining exhaustive research and local knowledge to create a true murder mystery.

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Third Volume Coming in June 2025

Another true story from the Det. Edwin Fowle case histories. A secluded part of the Garden of England where everybody knew everybody else and everyone knew their place. Labourers saluted generals, Justices of the Peace were on friendly terms with the doctors and clergy, ladies of the big houses knew the circumstances of the villagers, and the villagers discussed the doings of the gentry. And then there was a sensational murder...........