The dead woman of Deptford /
Granger, Ann,
The dead woman of Deptford / Ann Granger. - Large print edition. - 336 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. - Ben and Lizzie ; 6 . - Granger, Ann. Ben and Lizzie ; 6. .
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 cannot repay his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford. When she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question...
Adult.
9780750544924 0750544929
Ross, Ben (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
London (England)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Large type books.
The dead woman of Deptford / Ann Granger. - Large print edition. - 336 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. - Ben and Lizzie ; 6 . - Granger, Ann. Ben and Lizzie ; 6. .
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 cannot repay his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford. When she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question...
Adult.
9780750544924 0750544929
Ross, Ben (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
London (England)--Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Large type books.