A 'shilling shocker' from the late 19th century, a macabre novel of
murder and its consequences, originally published as a Christmas
Annual for adults and now reissued complete with a hilarious parody
by satirist Andrew Lang released the same Christmas. In the eyes of
the law, murder is murder. When Dr North discovers that his beloved
Philippa - surely the most beautiful murderess who ever crossed the
pages of fiction - has killed her abusive husband, he must decide
whether to turn her in or take the law into his own hands. There
are dark days ahead as he wrestles with his conscience: can a crime
ever be justified? And is Philippa the villain or the victim?
Combining the thrills of the Penny Dreadful with the melodrama of
the Sensation Novel, Hugh Conway wrote some of the most successful
Christmas crime stories ever published. Dark Days followed his
enthralling Called Back as a Christmas Annual, published just
before his untimely death ended a writing career of only four
years, robbing the world of one of the most popular detective
writers since Wilkie Collins. This Detective Story Club Classic is
introduced by David Brawn, and includes Much Darker Days by
Scottish writer, critic and satirist Andrew Lang, a hilarious
retelling of the story which sold almost as well as the original.
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