The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern CrimeWe are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it. Punch. Murder in nineteenth century Britain was ubiquitous not necessarily in quantity but in quality. This was the era of penny bloods, early crime fiction and melodramas for the masses. This was a time when murder and entertainment were firmly entwined. In this meticulously