Keeper of Pleas: A Victorian Noir Mystery (Keeper of Pleas Mysteries Book 1) – Kindle Edition
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December 1880, Whitechapel. Nine dead infants in flowerpots. A vanished mortician. And one lead: the prostitute who saw him last.
Coroner Sévère reads peoples lies as easily as case notes. Its made him an effective investigator. And cynical. But when he questions Miss Mary, he encounters something unexpected: a woman whose lies he cant read and who might as well be the morticians killer.
In a city where money masks the darkest secrets, Sévère must navigate between whats legal and whats necessary. Even if it means hiring the services of the very woman hes investigating.
A gritty Victorian crime novel that explores the darkest corners of Londons underworld. For readers of Lyndsay Fayes The Gods of Gotham, Caleb Carrs The Alienist, and Antonia Hodgsons The Devil in the Marshalsea.
