Victorian Murders: Mysteries of Police and Crime

Victorian England’s reputation for being exceptionally prim and prudish is challenged by the greatest detective of the era in the fascinatingly dark and true accounts of Major Arthur Griffiths. Griffiths, who served as the Inspector of Her Majesty’s Prisons and as a deputy governor, is best remembered for revealing the three top suspects behind the still-infamous Jack the Ripper. Behind the scenes of the Victorian era’s war against crime, Arthur Griffiths was both its greatest mind an avid recorder. His volume on the grimiest murders he has witnessed throughout his respected and productive career is a must-read for any fan of true crime.