Book description
The second mystery for lady detective Sarah Tanner in L. M. Jackson's
gripping series set in 1850s London.
A desperate plea from her former lover, the aristocrat Arthur
DeSalle, turns Sarah Tanner's quiet life upside down.
Arthur needs Sarah's help. Suspicious of the hold that Dr Stead,
renowned practitioner of the strange art of mesmerism, has gained on
his aging parents, he hope to expose him as a fraud.
But Mrs Tanner is troubled closer to home by a series of
increasingly violent confrontations with a gang of Lambeth youths
intent, it seems, on putting her out of business. What is their
interest in her humble Dining and Coffee Rooms? And what is the
closely guarded secret which connects the sinister doctor to the young
thugs, and threatens to destroy a family's honour?
Her very life at stake, her loyalty tested, Sarah Tanner sets out on
a trail of murder and deceit, which stretches from the alleys of
Leather Lane to the drawing-rooms of Mayfair...
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
