Publisher Description
The sixth gripping Victorian crime mystery in Ann Granger's Inspector Ben Ross series.
On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found. Even Jeb Fisher, the local rag-and-bone man, swears he's seen nothing.
Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie is trying to suppress a scandal: family friend Edgar Wellings has a gambling addiction and no means of repaying his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford, but when she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question.
Edgar was the last man to see Mrs Clifford alive and he has good reason to want her dead, but Ben and Lizzie both know that a case like this is rarely as simple as it appears . . .
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About Ann Granger
Ann Granger has
worked in British embassies in various parts of the world and is now permanently
based in Oxfordshire. She writes the Fran Varady series, as well as the noted
Mitchell and Markby series.
About the Narrators
Gareth Armstrong is a
professional actor and stage performer with a number of appearances in
cult-classic television favorites to his credit, including Doctor Who: The
Masque of Mandragora, Witchcraft, Star One, and Hammer House of Horror, in which he
played Dr. Melburg.
Julia Barrie, winner of three AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration, is an actress who has appeared in such movies and shows as Doctors, Where There’s Smoke, and Close Relations.