About the book: 2021 / In this book, Lucy Worsley, an English historian, author of a number of best-selling books on historical topics, tells how murder is a dark, shameful act , the last resort of the desperate or the dastardly weapon of scoundrels, has become a British national obsession. She shows how this passion led to the emergence of a whole new world of entertainment, including detective novels and plays, painting and films, poetry and documentary crime journalism. She has a fascinating story about how crime was turned into art..