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 casesUnsolved historical murder mysteriesTrue crime stories with deep forensic and witness analysisCold cases from the 1800s reexamined with modern insightThen this book is for you.