How do you prove you didn't scare Lady Pemberton to death with a phantom?
Such is Kate Quill's quandary. The faked séance went horribly wrong, and now Inspector Hartwell of Scotland Yard has her in his sights.
Kate's poor. Seamstress poor. But what she lacks in the pocket, she makes up for in allies.
There are her siblings. Daisy, the actress. Ned and Vi... There's no way around this - they're petty thieves.
There's Mrs McGinty, their formidable Irish landlady. There are Vi's Whitechapel Worthies, Little Till (adorable) and the Twins (quite odd).
And there is Frederick Page, former gentleman's gentleman, chess aficionado, lover of puzzles, and now reluctant partner in an unlikely Victorian detective duo. Please, do not refer to him as Freddie, or he'll be grasping for the smelling salts.
Can this glorious rabble somehow band together to investigate all those lofty lords and ladies who attended the séance?
And discover who really murdered Lady Dorothea Pemberton?
The Belgravia Phantom is the first in a series of irresistible Victorian murder mysteries from the acclaimed author of the Samuel Pepys Mysteries. Expect fiendish whodunits, singular characters and vivid history. Step into London's gaslit and swirling pea-soupers, and hear those click-clack footsteps approach...