Dead Woman of Deptford (Inspector Ben Ross mystery 6)

THE DEAD WOMAN OF DEPTFORD is the sixth Inspector Ben Ross mystery set in Victorian London from much-loved crime writer Ann Granger.

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 no means of repaying his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford, but when she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question. Edgar was the last man to see Mrs Clifford alive and he has good reason to want her dead, but Ben and Lizzie both know that a case like this is rarely as simple as it appears...

FEMEIA MOARTA A DEPTFORD este al saselea mister al inspectorului Ben Ross stabilit in Londra victoriana de la mult-iubita scriitoare de crime Ann Granger. Intr-o noapte rece de noiembrie intr-o curte din Deptford, muncitorul de doc, Harry Parker, da peste corpul unei femei moarte. Inspectorul Ben Ross este convocat din Scotland Yard in aceasta zona insalubra a orasului, dar nu poate fi gasit niciun martor la uciderea acestei femei bine imbracate, de varsta mijlocie.