And the winner is...

Kate Summerscale's The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher won the £30,000 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction."The judges were unanimous: this is one of those great non-fiction books that uses the techniques of fiction to magnificent effect," said judging panel chair Rosie Boycott. "On first reading, it is an absolute page-turner. Then, when you reread it, you realise how many levels it has, how much it tells you." I told you this was a great read!