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This is an auction for THUNDERSTRUCK: THE TRUE STORY OF DR CRIPPEN AND THE MIRACULOUS INVENTION THAT HELPED CATCH A KILLER AND CHANGE THE WORLD, by Erik Larson.

“In his follow-up to the enormously popular The Devil in the White City (2003), Larson sticks to a formula that works: pairing the story of a progressive development, in this case, wireless communication, with an exciting murder mystery set in England. The murderer in this book is Hawley Harvey Crippen, a mild_-mannered doctor and unlikely killer, who murdered his overbearing wife to be with his young lover. Crippen and Guglielmo Marconi take center stage in the book, and their stories gradually come together as Marconi's invention is integral in apprehending Crippen. Larson parallels the story of Crippen's unhappy marriage and eventual love affair with young Ethel Le Neve with Marconi's struggles to develop and perfect wireless technology in the face of adverse weather, envious fellow scientists, and everything in between. Marconi was both shrewd and tireless, even sacrificing personal happiness in pursuit of making wireless communication a reality. At the same time, pursued by his dead wife's friends, Crippen made a desperate bid for happiness by dressing his lover up as a boy and boarding the SS Montrose bound for Canada, never envisioning the massive pursuit he would set off. Larson has a knack for creating genuine suspense in his writing, and his latest is thoroughly enthralling.”