A very delightful, quick read. This book takes place during the Christmas holiday season in 1868 in London. The main characters are part of the elite upper crust of London society. Claudine Burroughs lacks for nothing except love. She and her husband married because it was expected of them - and they were both from good families - but it is a loveless marriage. Claudine is very unhappy and is seeking meaning to her life. She volunteers at a clinic that helps abused women. She is at a party where a young streetwalker is killed. A poet, Treggaron, is accused of the murder. Claudine is just not sure he did it and begins to investigate the murder. Having Treggaron take the fall for the murder is what the social elites would like to happen as the alternative is that one of their own did it. This is not something they can tolerate - as they are the elite and therefore they consider themselves better than everyone else.
I wish though that the book wasn't just focused on solving the murder but went further to talk about how solving it changed the lives of those involved. Did Claudine find happiness and purpose? The book really leaves the reader hanging on this point.
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