The Law and the Lady (Paperback, Reissue)

The Law and the Lady builds on this tradition by introducing one of English literature’s earliest woman detectives, Valeria Woodville, who investigates the murder of her husband’s first wife, in the attempt to prove him guiltless.

Rich in plot and characters, including the extraordinary ‘man-machine’ Miserrimus Dexter and his female cousin ‘Ariel’, the novel exposes the repression of Victorian domestic life and marriage.