Sweet Adelaide

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Sweet Adelaide
First edition
AuthorJulian Symons
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical mystery
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1980
Media typePrint

Sweet Adelaide is a 1980 historical crime novel by the British writer Julian Symons.[1] It is based on the real-life 1886 Pimlico Mystery concerning the possible murder Thomas Bartlett by his wife Adelaide.[2] Symons had already enjoyed success with another Victorian-set mystery The Blackheath Poisonings.

References

  1. ^ Bargainnier p.218
  2. ^ Haste p.33

Bibliography

  • Bargainnier, Earl F. Twelve Englishmen of Mystery. Popular Press, 1984.
  • Haste, Steve. Criminal Sentences: True Crime in Fiction and Drama. Cygnus Arts, 1997.
  • Walsdorf, John J. & Allen, Bonnie J. Julian Symons: A Bibliography. Oak Knoll Press, 1996.