''Chickenfeed'' (
2006
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) is a
crime novel
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la by English writer
Minette Walters
Minette Caroline Mary Walters DL (born 26 September 1949) is an English crime writer.
Life and work
Walters was born in Bishop's Stortford in 1949 to Samuel Jebb and Colleen Jebb. As her father was a serving army officer, the first 10 yea ...
, published as part of the "''
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Synopsis
Based on the real life case of Elsie Cameron, a woman whose body was dismembered by her fiancé,
Norman Thorne
Norman Thorne (c. 1902 – 22 April 1925) was an England, English Sunday school teacher and chicken farmer who was convicted and hanged for what became known as the chicken run murder. , who was hanged for her murder in 1924. Walters re-creates the events leading up to the crime and writes from the perspective of both Elsie and Norman, as their relationship slowly turns sour and Norman yearns to be free from Elsie.
References
External links
More about ''Chickenfeed'' on Walters' websiteAgent's dedicated page
2006 British novels
Novels by Minette Walters
British novellas
Fiction set in 1924
Pan Books books
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