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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 and follows the relentless pursuit by celebrated Detective Edwin Fowle of Kent Police to track down the murderer and restore peace to a shattered and besieged town descending into chaos.

First volume of the The Edwardian Detective Edwin Fowle Series

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. Celebrated detective Edwin Fowle leads the case, and conducts a painstaking investigation, helped by a cast of villagers as witnesses, each holding a piece of the puzzle. A sensational false confession and misdirected trial add tension. The author provides a chilling account of the events, combining exhaustive research and local knowledge to create a true murder mystery.

Edwin Fowle was a perfect protagonist for a series of books on Edwardian policing.

Edwin Fowle is the central character in this series of books for good reason as he was a much acclaimed and respected police officer in his time with an exemplary and extraordinary career, but like many of his ilk has been forgotten by history. I have over the last couple of years immersed myself in his life and career which was extraordinary to say the least and I wanted to put on record his exploits in a series of book. His service as a detective spanned the Edwardian period. He investigated many high profile cases of murder, infanticide, robbery, fraud, arson, illegal betting and pick pocketing just to name a few offences. He experienced great transformations in society and the police including the emergence of motor vehicles, extensive train lines, telephones, radio, major advances in forensic science and innovations in policing methods as well as changes in criminal behaviour.

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The second volume of the Edwardian Detective Edwin Fowle series of true crime books. Delve into the world of Edwardian true crime solving with Detective Edwin Fowle; Kent's answer to Sherlock Holmes

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