A Mortal Curiosity - Lizzie Martin, Bk 2 Author:Ann Granger It is 1861 and as her train pulls out from Waterloo Station, Lizzie Martin considers her future. It is not without regret that she is leaving her friend Inspector Ben Ross from Scotland Yard, to whom she has formed an attachment. But for now her services are needed in Hampshire, where she is to be a companion to young Lucy Craven, who is recover... more »ing from the death of her baby.
It's a tragic matter, made worse still by Lucy's denial that her baby is dead. Then events take a sinister turn when a rat-catcher is found murdered in the grounds of Shore House, and Lucy is discovered beside the body, crying and covered in blood.
Not knowing who else to turn to, Lizzie calls upon Ben Ross to investigate this grisly death. And when he sets to work, he encounters sinister goings-on in the rural community and learns that Lizzie's unerring instinct is not something to ignore...« less