‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…’When an undercover assignment for the Bow Street magistrate sees prostitute Lizzie Hardwicke trade Ma Farley’s Bawdy House in Soho for life as a seamstress the theatre on Drury Lane, it becomes clear quite quickly – what goes on in the wings is much more intriguing than the theatrics being played out on stage… being played out on stage…Soon Lizzie is once again thrown together with the handsome Inspector Will Davenport when a high profile investor is brutally hanged at centre stage and Lizzie discovers the body. With…
London, 1759: One of Lizzie Hardwicke’s wealthy clients was murdered, and she was the last person to see him alive. Can she track down the killer before she’s arrested for the crime — and the body count rises even further?