The Detectives

Three articles are from the editors of Household Words: master story teller, Charles Dickens was editor and W H Wills was his associate. They are a mixture of true-life and fictionalised accounts of London's Detective Police in the 1860s. Gain an insight into the 'modern' science of thief-taking. Read about Tally-ho Thompson, The Arrest of Fikey, The Butcher's Story, : Adventures of a Carpet Bag, The Pair of Gloves, The Artful Touch and The Sofa. The collection concludes with Dickens' account of a night patrol with the famous Inspector Field. These three articles are made available together here in one volume for the very first time.