The Dead Woman of Deptford (Lizzie Martin #6)
Ann Granger
On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found. Even Jeb Fisher, the local rag-and-bone man, swears he's seen nothing.
Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie is trying to suppress a scandal: family friend Edgar Wellings has a gambling addiction and no means of repaying his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford, but when she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question. Edgar was the last man to see Mrs Clifford alive and he has good reason to want her dead, but Ben and Lizzie both know that a case like this is rarely as simple as it appears...
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The 'Lizzie Martin' series
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- A Mortal Curiosity by Ann Granger Book #2
- A Better Quality of Murder by Ann Granger Book #3
- A Particular Eye for Villainy by Ann Granger Book #4
- The Testimony of the Hanged Man by Ann Granger Book #5
- The Dead Woman of Deptford by Ann Granger Book #6
- The Murderer's Apprentice: Inspector Ben Ross Mystery 7 by Ann Granger Book #7
