A Particular Eye for Villainy (Inspector Ben Ross Mystery 4): A gripping Victorian mystery of secrets, murder and family ties

A Particular Eye for Villainy (Inspector Ben Ross Mystery 4): A gripping Victorian mystery of secrets, murder and family ties by Ann Granger. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780755349128.

When Mr Thomas Tapley, a respectable but down-at-heel gentleman, is found bludgeoned to death in his sitting room, his neighbour Inspector Benjamin Ross of Scotland Yard rushes to the scene. Tapley had recently returned from abroad but little else is known about the elusive man. Then, on hearing the news of Thomass death, Mr Jonathan Tapley, QC, comes forward and the truth about his cousins tragic past slowly begins to emerge. Meanwhile, Bens wife Lizzie is convinced that Tapley was being followed on the day he died and, with a bit of surreptitious questioning, she discovers that he received a mysterious visitor in a beautiful carriage a few days before his death. As the list of suspects begins to mount, Ben cant help wondering how much of the truth is being revealed and who would benefit most from Tapleys unfortunate demise?