Joan Lock

Interesting historical study in how much inter-agency rivalry there was back then. Not unlike some local police forces and the Feds, but much more blatant. The lack of education for some of the people hired - mostly because it wasn't even available at the time - made their work very challenging It's amazing they solved anything it seemed at times. Good read.

Book received from NetGalley.

I enjoyed this book about the beginnings of Scotland Yard. The turf wars between them and the Bobbies, the lack of true investigative science, and the lack of communication between the police of London and those of the suburbs. I just wish it had been a bigger book. I highly suggest it to anyone who is interested in the history of London or a true crime aficionado.

A gripping Victorian London mystery.
A story involving a selfless Salvation Army worker who visits people who have nothing, have reached rock bottom and can go no further, trying to help and giving them what food she can.
A dedicated police officer, trying to cope with the riots, gypsies, disease, plus it's Quenn Victoria's Jubilee and all the perceived dangers that accompany that celebration.
Joan Lock is a great writer of police mysteries. Her knowledge of police procedures comes through very show more well.
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1887. D.I. Best is sent to investigate the death of Andrew Myers of the Social Democratic Federation who had been found dead in Trafalgar Square. London. Competing with this is Best's search for Stark, a man guilty of murder, and the only witness is Florence Bagnall, Constable Roberts’s fiancé.
Another enjoyable mystery in this series.