The Widow's Ledger

<p>London 1851. A city of soot secrets and survival.</p><p>When Eleanor Atwood's husband is found dead in an alley she inherits little more than his debts - and his reputation. Struggling to keep her modest seamstress shop afloat Eleanor is drawn into a scandal she cannot afford when she discovers a leather-bound ledger hidden among her husband's possessions.</p><p>The ledger belongs to Victor Wren a ruthless moneylender whose sudden death has sent shockwaves through London's underbelly. Inside its pages: names dates and damning transactions. Nobles businessmen constables - all indebted all vulnerable.</p><p>Including her late husband.</p><p>As Eleanor untangles a web of lies stretching from the docks to the drawing rooms she realizes the truth is a commodity more dangerous than any coin. Every page she turns pulls her deeper into a game of blackmail betrayal and murder. And the more she learns the clearer it becomes: someone will do anything to keep the ledger's secrets buried - even if it means silencing her forever.</p><p><em>Haunting suspenseful and vividly drawn <strong>The Widow's Ledger</strong> is a standalone historical mystery perfect for fans of Anne Perry Deanna Raybourn and the gaslit dangers of Victorian London. Eleanor Atwood is no society lady - but in a city where loyalty is bought and lives are sold she may just be the last honest voice left.</em></p><p>In London's darkest alleys debts are paid in blood.</p>