Contents

1. Cover
2. Dedication
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. About the Author
7. Acknowledgements
8. Introduction
9. Part One: Murder and The Tudors
10. The Deadly Deed
11. Catching and Convicting Murderers
12. Punishments
13. Reporting Murder
14. Part Two: The Case Files
15. Chapter 1: A King in the Frame for Murder, 1489
16. Chapter 2: Murder Made to Look Like Suicide, 1514
17. Chapter 3: Strangled with a Scarf, then Burned in an Oven, 1518
18. Chapter 4: Butchered on the Bridge, 1527
19. Chapter 5: The Cook who was Boiled Alive, 1531
20. Chapter 6: Gunned Down in the Morning Mist, 1536
21. Chapter 7: A Posh Poacher Snared in the Noose, 1541
22. Chapter 8: Stabbed and Dangled from a Castle Window, 1546
23. Chapter 9: Bludgeoned During a Game of Backgammon, 1551
24. Chapter 10: Ambushed by the Red Bandits, 1555
25. Chapter 11: Hanged by a Rope Made of Silk, 1557
26. Chapter 12: The Body at the Bottom of the Stairs, 1560
27. Chapter 13: Stabbed Fifty-Six Times, 1566
28. Chapter 14: A Royal Corpse Under a Pear Tree, 1567
29. Chapter 15: Strangled with a Towel, 1570
30. Chapter 16: The Curious Case of the Corpse in a Cask, 1572
31. Chapter 17: A Lust that Led to Double Murder, 1573
32. Chapter 18: Murder Behind Bars, 1581
33. Chapter 19: Buried in the Cellar on New Year’s Eve, 1582
34. Chapter 20: Pressed to Death for a Cunning Crime, 1589
35. Chapter 21: The Bride who Poisoned Her Husband with Pancakes, 1590
36. Chapter 22: The Man who Killed His Own Children for Money, 1590
37. Chapter 23: Murdered for ‘Pulling Another Man’s Nose’, 1591
38. Chapter 24: Sir Francis Drake Investigates, 1591
39. Chapter 25: Who Killed Christopher Marlowe? 1593
40. Chapter 26: Death by Sex, 1594
41. Chapter 27: Denounced by His Own Son, 1594
42. Chapter 28: The Murder that Inspired Romeo and Juliet, 1594
43. Chapter 29: Strangled for Beating His Wife, 1600
44. Chapter 30: Hacked to Pieces in a Muddy Lane,1602
45. Chapter 31: A Pair of Child Murderers Caught at Last, 1602
46. Select Bibliography

Guide

1. Cover
2. Dedication
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. About the Author
7. Acknowledgements
8. Introduction
9. Part One: Murder and The Tudors
10. The Deadly Deed
11. Catching and Convicting Murderers
12. Punishments
13. Reporting Murder
14. Part Two: The Case Files
15. Chapter 1: A King in the Frame for Murder, 1489
16. Chapter 2: Murder Made to Look Like Suicide, 1514
17. Chapter 3: Strangled with a Scarf, then Burned in an Oven, 1518
18. Chapter 4: Butchered on the Bridge, 1527
19. Chapter 5: The Cook who was Boiled Alive, 1531
20. Chapter 6: Gunned Down in the Morning Mist, 1536
21. Chapter 7: A Posh Poacher Snared in the Noose, 1541
22. Chapter 8: Stabbed and Dangled from a Castle Window, 1546
23. Chapter 9: Bludgeoned During a Game of Backgammon, 1551
24. Chapter 10: Ambushed by the Red Bandits, 1555
25. Chapter 11: Hanged by a Rope Made of Silk, 1557
26. Chapter 12: The Body at the Bottom of the Stairs, 1560
27. Chapter 13: Stabbed Fifty-Six Times, 1566
28. Chapter 14: A Royal Corpse Under a Pear Tree, 1567
29. Chapter 15: Strangled with a Towel, 1570
30. Chapter 16: The Curious Case of the Corpse in a Cask, 1572
31. Chapter 17: A Lust that Led to Double Murder, 1573
32. Chapter 18: Murder Behind Bars, 1581
33. Chapter 19: Buried in the Cellar on New Year’s Eve, 1582
34. Chapter 20: Pressed to Death for a Cunning Crime, 1589
35. Chapter 21: The Bride who Poisoned Her Husband with Pancakes, 1590
36. Chapter 22: The Man who Killed His Own Children for Money, 1590
37. Chapter 23: Murdered for ‘Pulling Another Man’s Nose’, 1591
38. Chapter 24: Sir Francis Drake Investigates, 1591
39. Chapter 25: Who Killed Christopher Marlowe? 1593
40. Chapter 26: Death by Sex, 1594
41. Chapter 27: Denounced by His Own Son, 1594
42. Chapter 28: The Murder that Inspired Romeo and Juliet, 1594
43. Chapter 29: Strangled for Beating His Wife, 1600
44. Chapter 30: Hacked to Pieces in a Muddy Lane,1602
45. Chapter 31: A Pair of Child Murderers Caught at Last, 1602
46. Select Bibliography

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