βHas more than a charismatic protagonist. March has created a felicitously realized Georgian mystery.β βThe Times (London)
Georgian London, 1760. A world of high fashion and even higher spiritsβbut also of squalid back alleys, violent quarrels, and shadowy intrigues.
It is private tutor Robert Fairfaxβs mission to see that troublesome Matthew Hemsley matures into a fine, young gentleman and that he comes to no harm during his first season in London. But Matthew is soon smitten with Miss Lucy Dove, the toast of Covent Gardenβs stage. And, after saving her from a crazed attacker, he receives an invitation to Lucyβs private apartments. In the morning, she is found strangledβand Matthew is found on her doorstep in a drunken blackout.
Now, Fairfax must save his young pupilβand his own livelihood and reputation. For one thing, if Lucy already had a lover of great wealth and standing, why did she summon Matthew? For anotherβunless the real murderer is caughtβMatthew will surely hang.
βA gloriously rich tale of London at its grandest and seamiest, well told, at a cracking pace.ββThe Evening Chronicle (Newcastle upon Tyne)
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