- Morrell uses the Ratcliff Highway Murders which occurred in December 1811 as a background for this story. It is 1854, the killer, referred to as the artist, enters a shop at closing time and murders the shopkeeper and his wife; their two children; an the servant girl. Just like the the first killings in 1811. Thomas de Quincey, who wrote about the 1811 murders in On Murder Considered as One of the fine Arts, is the prime suspect.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell
Murder as a Fine Art - Morrell uses the Ratcliff Highway Murders which occurred in December 1811 as a background for this story. It is 1854, the killer, referred to as the artist, enters a shop at closing time and murders the shopkeeper and his wife; their two children; an the servant girl. Just like the the first killings in 1811. Thomas de Quincey, who wrote about the 1811 murders in On Murder Considered as One of the fine Arts, is the prime suspect.
- Morrell uses the Ratcliff Highway Murders which occurred in December 1811 as a background for this story. It is 1854, the killer, referred to as the artist, enters a shop at closing time and murders the shopkeeper and his wife; their two children; an the servant girl. Just like the the first killings in 1811. Thomas de Quincey, who wrote about the 1811 murders in On Murder Considered as One of the fine Arts, is the prime suspect.
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