A Distinction of Blood
by Hannah March

Hired to tutor the young children of wealthy and ambitious sugar merchant Samuel Appleton, Robert Fairfax soon finds that his employer has other work for him. Appleton's daughter, a beauty named Charlotte, has made a very good marriage to the thoroughly aristocratic Lord Mortlock—yet all is not well with the match.

Asked to investigate, Fairfax discovers evidence of gambling debts, love affairs—and explosive secrets. But suspicion turns to shock when Lord Mortlock is found murdered in his bed with his wife holding court in the next room. Now Fairfax must get to the heart of this elegant facade of lies—in order to unmask a killer....

Other Books by Hannah March

The Devil's Highway
A Mystery of Georgian England

The Complaint of the Dove

Hannah March's Bio

Hannah March was born and brought up in Peterborough on the edge of the Fens and was a student on the University of East Anglia MA Course in Creative Writing under Malcolm Bradbury and Angela Carter. She is married and lives in Peterborough. She has written five historical mysteries for Headline (UK).