The first book in over a century on one of the country's most sensational true cases!  In 1848, James Blomfield Rush, a Norfolk farmer, already suspected of the murders of his own mother and stepfather, slaughtered a judge and his son over an inheritance dispute at Stanfield Hall, Wymondham. His lover, Emily Sandford, who used to be his children's governess and who was carrying his illegitimate child, was arrested with him. They were both enmeshed in a dark web of forgery and deception. The trial, in which Rush defended himself, became a sensation. An almost unbelievable tale of conspiracy, human frailty and obsession.

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Available from September!