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The second novel in Ann Granger's wonderfully atmospheric Victorian mystery series.
Lizzie Martin, lady's companion, has been sent from London to the New Forest to comfort a young woman whose baby has tragically died. A sad enough task, but things take an even darker turn when a rat-catcher is found murdered in the garden, and the young woman is discovered beside the body, crying and covered in blood. Not knowing where else to turn, Lizzie calls upon her friend Inspector Ben Ross from Scotland Yard to solve the horrific crime.
Lizzie Martin, lady's companion, has been sent from London to the New Forest to comfort a young woman whose baby has tragically died. A sad enough task, but things take an even darker turn when a rat-catcher is found murdered in the garden, and the young woman is discovered beside the body, crying and covered in blood. Not knowing where else to turn, Lizzie calls upon her friend Inspector Ben Ross from Scotland Yard to solve the horrific crime.
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Ann Granger has worked in British embassies in various parts of the world. She met her husband, who was also working for the British Embassy, in Prague and together they received postings to places as far apart as Munich and Lusaka. They are now permanently based in Oxfordshire.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This is the second book in a new series by Ann Granger. A young Scotland Yard Detective and a Ladies Companion become aquainted in the first book. At the start of this book, the Detective (Ben Ross)wants to declare his noble intentions, but Lizzie is a bit too independent for this, and feels obliged to take a post in a house where a young married woman has recently lost her baby. Added to this, are two maiden aunts, a businessman and a Ladies Maid who are determined to protect the family honour at all costs, and a ruthless ratcatcher. And what's happened to the husband?
Lizzie also has to deal with the grieving mother who is convinced her baby is not dead, and a 'mental doctor' who has been persuaded to come to the house and observe ---who?
I found this an absorbing read, with some light touches from the Detective's character, and some interesting glimpses of the attitudes and social values within Victorian society. There is a shocking secret at the heart of this novel, which I found quite heartbreaking. It draws attention to a very unsavoury solution to the problem of 'the poor' in Victorian times.
I hope that Ms Granger will write another book and develop the characters she has started in the first two books.
Lizzie also has to deal with the grieving mother who is convinced her baby is not dead, and a 'mental doctor' who has been persuaded to come to the house and observe ---who?
I found this an absorbing read, with some light touches from the Detective's character, and some interesting glimpses of the attitudes and social values within Victorian society. There is a shocking secret at the heart of this novel, which I found quite heartbreaking. It draws attention to a very unsavoury solution to the problem of 'the poor' in Victorian times.
I hope that Ms Granger will write another book and develop the characters she has started in the first two books.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Very well written. Characterisation very good - you are really interested in what happens to the characters. Hard to put it down - a real page-turner. Highly recommended, as are all the other books by this author
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Lizzie Martin and Inspector Ben Ross,two engaging characters, share the first person narration of this well-plotted tale. The story moves at a cracking pace. I did make some good guesses, thanks to well-placed clues, but there were still surprises.
Ann Granger combines the ability to fast forward her plot while never hurrying the background details which vividly evoke the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian London and Hampshire, and that powerful and suffocating virtue: Respectability.
Ann Granger combines the ability to fast forward her plot while never hurrying the background details which vividly evoke the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian London and Hampshire, and that powerful and suffocating virtue: Respectability.
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