Bella Wallis, a widow, earns her living by writing crime novels in secret - books she uses to reveal wrongdoing and exact justice. The danger lies in uncovering the evil, however, and somehow she always seems to get caught up in scrapes both dangerous and romantic.
The vulgar Sir William Skillane has a fleet of ships, a beautiful daughter and a small pouch of pearls - the foundation of his considerable fortune. He also knows people who do not belong in the Society world in which he meets Bella, and she wonders about the terror on his daughter's face when one Robert Judd is announced. But it is not until Philip Westland, who alone can make Bella's heart beat faster, reveals the threat to Mary Skillane that Bella becomes involved with a tragic and haunting series of crimes that only their bravery and persistence can uncover - and thereby save Mary from a fate worse than death.
Set in the dark streets of Victorian London and peopled by intriguing characters, this second novel in the Bella Wallis series will grip and delight from the first page until the last.
- ISBN10 1843546884
- ISBN13 9781843546887
- Publish Date 1 September 2009 (first published 1 February 2009)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Atlantic Books
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback
- Pages 272
- Language English