Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

copyright = 2007
pages = 509
source = library
date completed = 09/16/08

Set in London 1886, this is the story of Lady Julia Grey and the death of her husband. She is approached by a private investigator, Nicholas Brisbane, who indicates her husband was murdered. A year later, she comes across some threatening letters that had been sent to her husband and she implores Nicholas to take up the case again. Julie herself assists in the investigation and finds several key clues that help solve the case. In the interim, she is faced with the "facts of life" in a way--poverty, prostitution, race relations, homosexuality--and is forced to lose her naive outlook. I found it a very compelling read (ask the boyfriend--I couldn't put it down!) and will definitely read the next one (just after I finish my current TBR).