Megan McDonnell

Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.

When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the Duke. Eliza and The Duke strike up a mismatched, fiery relationship as they team up to solve crime in the murkiest depths of 1880’s London.

Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.