Curious Habits Of Dr. Adams

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' Was rich Mrs Gertrude Hullett murdered at her luxurious 15-room home on Beachy Head? Detectives are tonight trying to establish the cause of the 50-year old widow's sudden death...' Daily Mail 1957 In July 1957 the press descended in droves on the south-coast town of Eastbourne. An inquest had just been opened into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs Bobbie Hullett. She died after months of apparent barbiturate abuse
- the drugs prescribed to calm her nerves by her close friend & doctor Dr John Bodkin Adams. The inquest brought to the surface years of whispered suspicion that had swept through the tea rooms shops & nursing homes of the town. The doctor's alarming influence over the lives deaths & finances of wealthy widows had not gone unnoticed
- it was rumoured that the family doctor had been on a killing spree that spanned decades & involved 300 suspicious cases. Superintendent Hannam of Scotland Yard was called in to investigate. The Curious Habits of Dr Adams brilliantly brings to life the atmosphere of post-war England & uses a wealth of new documents to follow the twists & turns of an extraordinary Scotland Yard murder enquiry. As expertly crafted as the best period detective novel this book casts an entertainingly chilling light on a man reputed to be one of England's most prolific serial killers.