The Widow's Ledger - Vale, Harriet
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London, 1851. A city of soot, secrets, and survival. When Eleanor Atwood's husband is found dead in an alley, she inherits little more than his debts - and his reputation. Struggling to keep her modest seamstress shop afloat, Eleanor is drawn into a scandal she cannot afford when she discovers a leather-bound ledger hidden among her husband's possessions. The ledger belongs to Victor Wren, a ruthless moneylender whose sudden death has sent shockwaves through London's underbelly. Inside its pages: names, dates, and damning transactions. Nobles, businessmen, constables - all indebted, all…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
London, 1851. A city of soot, secrets, and survival. When Eleanor Atwood's husband is found dead in an alley, she inherits little more than his debts - and his reputation. Struggling to keep her modest seamstress shop afloat, Eleanor is drawn into a scandal she cannot afford when she discovers a leather-bound ledger hidden among her husband's possessions. The ledger belongs to Victor Wren, a ruthless moneylender whose sudden death has sent shockwaves through London's underbelly. Inside its pages: names, dates, and damning transactions. Nobles, businessmen, constables - all indebted, all vulnerable. Including her late husband. As Eleanor untangles a web of lies stretching from the docks to the drawing rooms, she realizes the truth is a commodity more dangerous than any coin. Every page she turns pulls her deeper into a game of blackmail, betrayal, and murder. And the more she learns, the clearer it becomes: someone will do anything to keep the ledger's secrets buried - even if it means silencing her forever. Haunting, suspenseful, and vividly drawn, The Widow's Ledger is a standalone historical mystery perfect for fans of Anne Perry, Deanna Raybourn, and the gaslit dangers of Victorian London. Eleanor Atwood is no society lady - but in a city where loyalty is bought and lives are sold, she may just be the last honest voice left. In London's darkest alleys, debts are paid in blood.
Autorenporträt
Harriet Vale is the critically acclaimed author of The Widow's Ledger and The Bone Collector of Whitechapel, celebrated for her immersive prose, intricate plotting, and richly atmospheric depictions of Victorian London. With a storyteller's instinct for suspense and a historian's eye for detail, Vale conjures a world where secrets have weight, justice is rarely swift, and determined women step out from the margins to uncover the truth.

Her debut, The Widow's Ledger, introduced readers to Eleanor Atwood, a grieving seamstress turned reluctant investigator, while The Bone Collector of Whitechapel followed Ivy Quill through the gaslit underworld of science, deception, and murder. Both novels were praised for their feminist lens, compelling mystery, and their unflinching exploration of class and power in the 19th century.

In her latest novel, The Seamstress of Paternoster Row, Vale returns to the smog-choked streets and shadowy societies of London's past with a new heroine and a fresh conspiracy stitched into silk and blood.

Harriet Vale lives in the countryside of Sussex, where she writes surrounded by her research books, rescued greyhounds, and too many teacups. Her next novel, The Lake, promises to venture beyond the city and into the mysteries hidden in the quiet wild.