The Dead Woman of Deptford: A Victorian London Murder Mystery

Ann Granger

May 2021 · Inspector Ben Ross Mysteries Book 6 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Gareth Armstrong and Julia Barrie

About this audiobook

The sixth gripping Victorian crime mystery in Ann Granger's Inspector Ben Ross series. On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found. Even Jeb Fisher, the local rag-and-bone man, swears he's seen nothing. Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie is trying to suppress a scandal: family friend Edgar Wellings has a gambling addiction and no means of repaying his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford, but when she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question. Edgar was the last man to see Mrs Clifford alive and he has good reason to want her dead, but Ben and Lizzie both know that a case like this is rarely as simple as it appears . . .

About the author

Ann Granger is a British novelist of crime fiction, including the Mitchell and Markby, Fran Varady, and Campbell and Carter series. She began her career writing historical romance novels under the pen name Ann Hulme. In 1991 she published her first crime fiction novel, Say It with Poison, now writing as Ann Granger.

Gareth Armstrong is an experienced actor and voice artist. In addition to performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Globe, in the West End, and major regional theaters in the United Kingdom, he has toured over sixty countries worldwide with his solo performances and drama workshops.