When his old mother received his body, carried home by bystanders, she did not weep, but for a long time stayed motionless, looking at it; then, stretching out her wrinkled hand over the body, she swore vendetta against him...
This book chronicles adventures of the first professional female police detective in literature, Mrs.G of the Metropolitan Police.
The murdered man at that time stood directly opposite the Jury box, on the other side of the Court. The Old Bailey itself is the unusual setting for this realistically told story of murder avenged.
this is very good, detective story with humour
horror
medical horror
Who is this Mr.Higgins?
very interesting horror
mystery
detective story