L. M. Jackson

A desperate plea from her former lover, the aristocrat Arthur DeSalle, turns Sarah Tanner's quiet life upside down. With her life at stake and her loyalty tested, Sarah sets out on a trail of murder and deceit, which stretches from the alleys of Leather Lane to the drawing-rooms of Mayfair.

Sarah Tanner opens a dining and coffe room in London's Leather Lane. When an old friend is brutally murdered, and she is the only witness, she finds herself drawn into the underworld of Victorian London.