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I hope this series improves soon; so far I don’t like it as well as the author’s William Monk mysteries, which were written later in her career. This book is very weak, and I’m not in the least impressed with Thomas Pitt’s sleuthing skills.

The mystery concerns a young woman who has been raped and murdered. The Victorian social ill in the spotlight is the blame assigned to rape victims; such things do not happen to virtuous women.

There is still very little here about Thomas and Charlotte’s life together. I’m disappointed at the lack of conflict between them, considering their disparate social classes. Now they have acquired one of those sitcom children who is always asleep or with a babysitter.