Unsolved Murder of Miss Hacker: The 4 Euston Square Mystery

A woman disappears. Two years later, her bones are found in a London boardinghouse cellar. No one is charged. No one confesses. The mystery has never been solved-until now.

Shadows in Euston Square: The Unsolved Murder of Matilda Hacker is a gripping Victorian true crime investigation that takes readers deep into the heart of 19th-century London, where one of the era's most chilling cold cases was buried under coal dust and silence.

In 1879, a teenage delivery boy discovers skeletal remains beneath a coal heap at 4 Euston Square. The victim, Matilda Hacker, had lived at the property nearly two years earlier-but no one reported her missing. As the inquest unfolds, the maid is arrested, the landlady denies everything, and the truth slips through the cracks of a class-divided society.

This book delivers what many true crime fans have been asking for: a structured, immersive investigation that sorts fact from speculation-and puts you, the reader, in the role of the detective.

If you're searching for:

• Victorian true crime books based on real cases

• Unsolved historical murder mysteries

• True crime stories with deep forensic and witness analysis

• Cold cases from the 1800s reexamined with modern insight

Then this book is for you.