A Mortal Curiosity (Inspector Ben Ross Mystery 2): A compelling Victorian mystery of heartache and murder

Ann Granger's new historical crime series transports readers to Victorian England and has won the hearts of her existing fans and brought her to a whole new audience

The second novel in Ann Granger's wonderfully atmospheric Victorian mystery series.

Lizzie Martin, lady's companion, has been sent from London to the New Forest to comfort a young woman whose baby has tragically died. A sad enough task, but things take an even darker turn when a rat-catcher is found murdered in the garden, and the young woman is discovered beside the body, crying and covered in blood. Not knowing where else to turn, Lizzie calls upon her friend Inspector Ben Ross from Scotland Yard to solve the horrific crime.