The Unlikely Detective
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In the gaslit streets of Victorian London, a young woman determined to leave her past behind finds herself drawn into a series of brutal murders.
Arriving with little more than a stolen carpet bag and a refusal to reveal her true identity, she builds an unlikely new life among the colourful inhabitants of a London lodging house. But when she becomes convinced that the murders are connected, curiosity quickly turns into a dangerous obsession.
As she follows the killer's trail through the city's streets, she finds herself confronting a darkness that reaches far closer to home than she could have imagined. And while she searches for the truth behind the murders, someone is quietly searching for her.
Because she has secrets of her own.
Revenge will be hers. And it will be sweet.
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