Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham tackle a puzzling miscarriage of justice and the curious case of a missing child, in the new, gripping Worlds End Bureau Victorian mystery.London, August 1881. After a difficult few months, the Worlds End Investigation Bureau is thriving. Affairs, sex scandals, divorces . . . Lily Raynor is delighted to have so much work for herself and her capable assistant, Felix Wilbraham, but she cant help wishing for a case that doesnt involve the rich, overindulged and not terribly moral upper classes. Its a wish she soon has cause to regret.The Reverend James Jellicote arrives at the Bureau, seeking help on behalf of an elderly Jewish refugee who fled the pogroms in Russia. Yelisaveta and her young grandson arrived safely in London, only for the unspeakable to happen elevenyearold Yakov disappeared, without a trace. The case is impossible to refuse, but seems equally impossible to solve.And troubles dont come alone. Soon, Lily and Felix have another impossible puzzle on their hands. Hoppicker Abel Spokewright was hanged last year for murder, but his brother Jared is determined to clear his name. If Abel didnt kill cheerful, pretty dairymaid Effie, though, who did? Only one things certain the murderer isnt going to be happy about having the past raked up . . .

Binding: Hardback;256 pages; Publisher: Canongate Books; Classification: FFH; Weight: 570 g; Dimensions: 148 x 224 x 27

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