A Violent HeartElena Zoric, a sex worker and addict, is murdered, her body concealed and left near a stream in North London. Her phone lies nearby, the last number dialled was to a former NCA Investigator, a woman who had saved her from sex trafficking: Met DI, Grace Archer. When questioned by North London police, a devastated Archer has no answer to why Elena would call her moments from her death. Archer wants to lead the investigation but its out of her catchment

ultra luxurious

and her only hope is a desperate escape with unlikely new allies

and the headquarters of an organisation that fights for justice everywhere

Before time runs out

which would be fairly harmless

monsters and magic ensues

or several

But when her father is forced to flee the country for bankruptcy

But was Raymond also responsible for Parnell's death

this is a novel about disappointment and yearning

Forensic scientist Adolphus Hatton and his trusty assistant Albert Roumande have a morgue full of cholera victims to attend to

One that threatens to engulf them all