Book description
Hester Monk's voluntary work in Coldbath Square is increasingly
demanding. Every night she tends to a stream of women of the streets who
have been injured or become ill as a result of their trade. But the
injuries are becoming more serious, and now a body has been discovered
in one of the area's brothels. The dead man is none other than the
wealthy and respectable Nolan Baltimore, head of Baltimore and Sons, a
successful railway company. With calls for the police to clean up the
streets, Hester decides she must intervene to protect these women who
stand to lose everything. Meanwhile her husband, William Monk, has been
approached by Katrina Harcus, who suspects that the company her fiance
works for may be guilty of fraud. That company is Baltimore and Sons. As
Monk endeavours to prevent a serious crime, possibly even a tragedy,
taking place, he faces some staggering revelations. And with the link
between the two cases becoming ever clearer, Monk finds that the time
has come to confront his own demons - even if it means losing all that
he now holds dear...
