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Violence
Some
Murder of a young woman in her home; non-graphic violence
Language
Barely any
Victorian-era language
Sexual Content
Some
References to a woman's romantic history relevant to the investigation; no explicit content
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in period settings
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of class privilege, institutional obstruction, and the vulnerability of women in Victorian households
What this book is about
A nobly born young woman is stabbed to death in her fashionable London home, and William Monk—amnesiac detective—is called in to investigate. The case takes him into the rigid world of Victorian upper-class society, where family honor is paramount and the police are barely tolerated. Nurse Hester Latterly assists, and the relationship between her and Monk deepens as they navigate a world designed to obstruct them.
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A woman is murdered in her own home; the investigation is obstructed by social privilege
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