Author: mickfinlay
While investigating a seemingly simple case of sabotage, private detective William Arrowood and his partner, Norman Barnett, find a corpse in the Thames — and are drawn into the search for a killer… An “absorbing” Victorian mystery (The Times) for fans of C. J. Sansom.
Where Evil Lies Buried 1896: Sherlock Holmes has once again hit the headlines, solving mysteries for the cream of aristocracy. But among the workhouses and pudding shops of South London, private detective William Arrowood is presented with far grittier, more violent and considerably less well-paid cases. Arrowood has no doubt who is the better detective, and when Mr. and Mrs. Barclay engage him … engage him to find their estranged daughter, Birdie, he’s sure it won’t be long before he and his assistant, Barnett, have tracked her down. But this seemingly simple missing-person case soon turns into a murder investigation.…