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Cold-hearted murder." That's what was promised in the anonymous note, and Leo can't resist. He may be a working journalist at last, but it's a precarious gig, and a good story could bring in the readers. What he finds on Berner Street, though, is a dead body that isn't, not to mention a lady wrestler who's quite a bit more. The crowd is angry: They like things cut and dried. But Leo knows all about things that are one thing and also another. H...

Leo Stanhope juggles his hopes for a career in journalism and a dangerous investigation involving a mysterious lady wrestler"--

It's 1882, and Leo, his wife Rosie and her children have arrived in Portsmouth to visit Rosie's sister Viola and Leo's old friend Peregrine. But this is no simple seaside retreat: while Viola expects them for dinner, Peregrine needs Leo to investigate a murder.A young man has been killed by the docks. Just as Leo arrives there is a second killing, of a young woman with a strange tattoo. Leo wants to leave the crimes to the police, but when the...

Don't be ordinary, Leo. Passion has its price.' 1883. Leo, transgender journalist and amateur detective, and his wife Rosie have come to Portsmouth - but this is no simple seaside retreat. While Rosie's sister expects them for dinner, two young people have been killed by the docks. Having learned from experience, Leo wants to leave this to the police. When detectives dismiss the victims as only 'molly-lads' and misfits, though, he knows he...

London, 1881: Ein Jahr ist vergangen, seit Leo Stanhope nicht nur die Frau verloren hat, die er liebte, sondern beinahe auch sein eigenes Leben. Eigentlich möchte er nur ein ruhiges Leben führen - doch dann steht erneut die Polizei vor seiner Tür. Eine Anarchistin ist ermordet worden, und sie trug Leos Adresse bei sich. Am Tatort trifft Leo überraschend auf einen Mann aus seiner Vergangenheit: Der junge Adlige John Thackery ist unter falschem...

Atmosphärische Mörder-Suche im viktorianischen London: In »Der Mord in der Rose Street«, dem 2. Band der historischen Krimi-Reihe, ermittelt Leo Stanhope in einem Mord-Fall unter Adligen und Anarchisten.London, 1881: Ein Jahr ist vergangen, seit Leo Stanhope nicht nur die Frau verloren hat, die er liebte, sondern beinahe auch sein eigenes Leben. Eigentlich möchte er nur ein ruhiges Leben führen - doch dann steht erneut die Polizei vor seiner T...

London 1880. Leo Stanhope, Assistent der Gerichtsmedizin, macht eine merkwürdige Entdeckung: In der Jackentasche eines angeblich in der Themse ertrunkenen Mannes findet er eine Ale-Flasche, in deren Etikett das Wort »Mercy« eingeritzt ist. Kurz darauf landet eine zweite Leiche aus der Themse auf seinem Tisch, und ihr Anblick wirft Leos Leben gewaltsam aus der Bahn: Es ist Maria, seine große Liebe. Und sie wurde ermordet. Bald fällt der Verdach...

Leo Stanhope, a young transgender man in Victorian London, faces blackmail and potential exposure while he tries to protect the vulnerable children of a murdered woman"--

Jede*r verbirgt ein Geheimnis. Aber manche töten dafür. In dem historischen Kriminalroman »Das Haus in der Half Moon Street« jagt der junge Leo Stanhope den Mörder seiner großen Liebe - und riskiert damit sein Leben. London 1880. Leo Stanhope, Assistent der Gerichtsmedizin, macht eine merkwürdige Entdeckung: In der Jackentasche eines angeblich in der Themse ertrunkenen Mannes findet er eine Ale-Flasche, in deren Etikett das Wort »Mercy« einge...

The headlines scream warnings about the 'Butcher of Berner Street!' and the journalist behind them is secretly thrilled to see the effect his words are having. Leo's previous work has largely been concentrated on more mundane issues but when an anonymous letter summons him to a London club, only for the owner to be found murdered shortly afterwards, Leo sees a story worth pursuing. Not to mention an opportunity to make a name for himself. But ...

The latest atmospheric mystery from the author of the Richard and the Judy Book Club choice, The House on Half Moon Street. 'Exceptional - you hear and smell and taste Victorian London' Sarah Hilary The headlines scream warnings about the 'Butcher of Berner Street!' and the journalist behind them - Leo Stanhope - is secretly thrilled to see the effect his words are having. Leo's previous work has largely been concentrated on more mundan...

It's tough to be a preacher's kid, and for Leo Stanhope it may be harder than for most. He was born Charlotte, and in the Reverend Pritchard's home-as in all of Victoria's England-there is little room for persons unwilling to know their place and stick to it. And things are about to get harder: There's a gentleman who knows the secret that could get Leo locked up for life, and this so-called gentleman is not above a spot of blackmail. There is...

Leo Stanhope is a wonderful creation, his world atmospheric and terrifying, and his own story as powerful and enthralling as the mysteries he investigates' Sam Blake The second book in the acclaimed new historical crime series following on from the Richard & Judy Book Club 2019 pick, The House on Half Moon StreetIt's been a year since Leo Stanhope lost the woman he loved, and came closing to losing his own life. Now, more than ever, he is dete...

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Leo Stanhope is rich in dreams but poor of pocket. He dreams of making a home with Maria, the prostitute he loves. And he dreams of a world where no one cares what is tucked between his legs. Leo has a secret and in Queen Victoria's England, that secret could get him locked up for life...if nobody kills him first. But it's a prostitute who's killed instead, and Leo who becomes the prime suspect. Desperate to clear his name and find the murdere...

Everyone has a secret... Only some lead to murder. Introducing Leo Stanhope: a Victorian transgender coroner's assistant who must uncover a killer without risking his own futureWhen the body of a young woman is wheeled into the hospital where Leo Stanhope works, his life is thrown into chaos. Maria, the woman he loves, has been murdered and it is not long before the finger of suspicion is turned on him, threatening to expose his lifelong secre...