Blackstone and the Rendezvous with Death

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The body of a young man fished out of the Thames is of little interest to Londoners caught up in the excitement of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Yet to Inspector Sam Blackstone the case is as puzzling as any he has ever come across. Why should a corpse dressed the in rags of a commoner have the face of a gentleman? And if this man does belong to noble stock why has no one come forward to claim the body?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As his investigation proceeds Blackstone finds himself entering the world of the aristocracy-in which the presence of an ordinary policeman is far from welcome-and tramping the dangerous streets of London's Little Russia-where English law and order are not welcome.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Death seems to stalk him and as each new clue leads to nothing more than a new murder Blackstone comes to realize that he is caught up in what may turn out to be the most horrendous crime of the century...</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Blackstone and the Rendezvous with Death</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is an expertly plotted Victorian mystery that will keep readers guessing to the last page.</span></p><h2>Praise for Sally Spencer:</h2><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Spencer's finest hour: a tightly plotted puzzler with surprises at every turn<em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Spencer is an accomplished craftsman who serves up a good puzzle and deftly solves it with intelligence and insight<em> Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Characters are diverse intriguing and believable . . . plots never fail to surprise; and the procedural details are grittily realistic<em> Kirkus Reviews</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sally Spencer</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> worked as a teacher both in England and Iran - where she witnessed the fall of the Shah. She now writes full time.</span></p>