|summary=An excellent evocation of mid-ninteenth century London and a plot which caught me napping is slightly let down by the characters but it's still a good read.
I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.
If you're interested in nineteenth -century crime then we can recommend [[The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper by James Carnac]] and [[The Silver Thread by Kylie Fitzpatrick]]. We also enjoyed [[Fell the Angels by John Kerr]], a fictionalised reworking of the Charles Bravo case. You might also like [[The Lovegrove Hermit by Rosemary Craddock]]. From the same stable, we have a review of [[The Calton Papers by Norman Russell]].