Imprint
- Mountain Leopard Press
London, Greater London, c 1800 to c 1900, Crime & mystery, Historical mysteries, Thriller / suspense
A debut historical mystery set in Victorian London's first - and now forgotten - Chinatown. As Pearl Fitzgerald fights for justice to find the killer of a murdered Chinese docker, she unexpectedly falls in love with the victim's sister. All the while, the murderer is preparing to strike again...
London, 1888: Opium. Smoke. Smuggling. Murder.
Pearl Fitzgerald returns to Limehouse - London's very first Chinatown - to settle her father's affairs and claim her inheritance. But when she becomes embroiled in a murder plot, her plans are thrown off course. Even more so by the alluring Mei, sister to the murdered docker, who Pearl becomes infatuated with. Promising Mei that she will bring her brother's killer to justice, Pearl delves into the East End's criminal underworld.
The name on everyone's lips, whispered in the shadows, is the blue man. Who is he? What is he capable of? And can Pearl find out before she becomes the next victim?
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