Book description
It was said that she had the good manners of a respectable upper
servant but was far too young to have been pensioned; that she spoke
as if she had received and education, but knew the costers' slang as
if she were born-and-bred to it; and that she not only had no
husband - which was a commonplace on Leather Lane - but seemed never
to have possessed one...'
When the mysterious Sarah Tanner opens her Dining and Coffee
Rooms on the corner of Leather Lane and Liquorpond Street, her arrival
amongst the poor market-traders causes something of a stir. Few doubt
that she has 'a past'; no-one could have predicted how it will return
to haunt her...
When an old friend is brutally murdered, Sarah Tanner is the only
witness. Unable to turn to the police, she finds herself drawn back
into the dark underworld of the Victorian metropolis... Relying on her
wits, and trading on her past, Sarah Tanner risks her own life on a
desperate quest for justice and vengeance.
L. M. JACKSON lives in London with his partner Joanne. His first
book,
London Dust
, was shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award. He is
fascinated by the social history of Victorian London and spends much of
his time on the ongoing development of his website www. victorianlondon.
org
