Description: London, August 1881. Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham have cause to celebrate: business is thriving. Lily privately wishes for a case that doesn't involve the tangled love affairs of the upper classes - but soon regrets it when two puzzling, seemingly impossible cases arrive: a missing Jewish child, and a horrible murder ...
Brief description: Alys Clare lives in the English countryside where her novels are set. She went to school in Tonbridge and later studied archaeology at the University of Kent. She is also the author of the Hawkenlye, Aelf Fen and Gabriel Taverner historical mystery series.
Review Quotes: Clare provides an intriguing look at English life in the nineteenth century, buoyed by an engaging plot and two richly developed leads