Lizzie and Ben return to investigate a brutal murder in this Victorian mystery
When Mr Thomas Tapley, a respectable but down-at-heel gentleman, is found bludgeoned to death in his sitting room, his neighbour Inspector Benjamin Ross of Scotland Yard rushes to the scene. Little is known about the elusive man., until his cousin, Mr Jonathan Tapley, QC, comes forward and exposes the truth of Thomas's tragic past. As the list of suspects begins to mount, Ben can't help wondering how much of the truth is really being revealed…