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The Mangle Street Murders by MRC Kasasian (view source)
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March Middleton's father dies, and she becomes a 20-something alone; not a good status for a Victorian woman. She therefore moves in with her guardian, Sidney Grice, personal (not private!) detective. Although, as Sidney has a case to solve, March may as well be invisible. Grice has been employed by shopkeeper William Ashby who has savagely murders murdered his own wife by stabbing her 40 times and leaving the Italian word for 'revenge' on the wall. Everyone says he did it apart from Ashby, of course. Therefore Grice teams up with Inspector Pound of the Yard to solve the conundrum and March is there to help, whether Sidney wants her to or not.
MRC Kasasian (Martin to his mum) has had a few jobs in his life from wine waiter to dentist with vet's assistant and fairground hand somewhere in between. Having read this, his debut novel, I'd say he left the best job till last. He appears to be a born writer, providing us with a murder mystery dream team.