Better Quality of Murder (Inspector Ben Ross Mystery 3)

Das Böse lauert in den Straßen des Viktorianischen Englands: Als Inspektor Ben Ross in einer herbstlichen Oktobernacht nach Hause läuft, ist London in dichten Nebel gehüllt. Als der Morgen anbricht, findet man eine Tote im Park: Allegra Benedict, die schöne italienische Frau eines Kunsthändlers in Picadilly. Doch was hat Allegra am Tag vor ihrem Tod nach London geführt? Und warum hat sie kurz vor ihrem Tod ihre Brosche in den Burlington Arkaden versetzt? Bens Frau, Lizzie, enthüllt Ungeahntes...Evil lurks on the streets of Victorian London in this gripping crime novel.§As Inspector Ben Ross of Scotland Yard walks homeward one Saturday night in late October 1867, the fog that swirls around him is like a living beast. By the time it has lifted next morning a woman lies murdered in Green Park. Allegra Benedict was the beautiful Italian wife of an art dealer in Piccadilly. But what had she been doing in London that afternoon, and why had she been selling her brooch in the Burlington Arcade just hours before her death? As Ben begins his investigation, his wife Lizzie - with the help of their maid Bessie - looks into Allegra's private life and uncovers more than one reason why someone might want her dead ...