3-Book Victorian Crime Collection

Three Victorian crime novels featuring Liberty Lane: a feisty heroine for fans of Georgette Heyer, and Sarah Waters’s Victorian novels.

DEATH AT DAWN:
Liberty Lane's debut in the summer of 1837. Liberty's father is dead. She's been told he died in a duel, but knows it's a black lie. Her determination to prove it takes her to the heart of events that could shake the throne of young Queen Victoria.

DEATH OF A DANCER:
When two dancers, Columbine, the star, and Jenny from the chorus, come to blows on stage, it's the sensation of the season. But soon Columbine is dead from poison and Liberty is trying to save Jenny from the hangman.

A CORPSE IN SHINING ARMOUR:
Summer 1839. The latest craze among young aristocrats is jousting in the medieval style. It becomes seriously violent when two brothers battle over the right to a title. Liberty is called in as scandal turns deadly.

Reviews

Praise for Caro Peacock’s Liberty Lane series:

‘A terrific page-turner in the tradition of Georgette Heyer, written with great enthusiasm and verve, with a wonderful evocation of the tawdry, precarious world behind the spectacle of the variety stage’ Guardian

‘A light-hearted and engaging novel’ TLS

‘Great period detail and heaps of energy… feisty’ Daily Mirror

‘Echoes of Georgette Heyer… well-crafted… an enjoyable romp’ She

‘Good old-fashioned adventure… romps along at a fine pace…a thrilling murder-mystery’ Easy Living

‘Some well-described set pieces temper the breakneck pace of the action, and the ending is as satisfying as one could wish’ The Times

'Light, easy reading for anyone who enjoys a bit of Victorian mystery' Observer

'An enjoyable historical novel' Woman's Day

‘Fast-paced and lively… this historical drama will keep you intrigued – definitely hard to put down!’ My Weekly

About the author

Caro Peacock acquired the reading habit from her childhood growing up in a farmhouse. Later, she developed an interest in women in Victorian society and from this grew the character of Liberty Lane. She rides, climbs and trampolines as well as enjoys the study of wild flowers.