1890 London and Detective Sergeant John Billings is asked by his guardians the Forresters, as a favour, to find their son Sebastian. Sebastian who has been missing these past ten years. While at work at Scotland Yard Billings is investigating the murder of Lord Palmer at his estate. The main and only suspect being a Brendan Lochrane, employed by Palmer as a hermit.
While a somewhat interesting mystery I did find it difficult to like any of the main characters, which is a problem for me when reading character driven stories.
I received a complimentary copy of the book from the author via Voracious Readers Only ( )

This is the second book in the series but I accidentally read it first. I did enjoy it. I especially like books set in England in times gone by. The main character here was well described. He is a loner who doesn't actually seem to like himself very much but is nevertheless a likeable character. Sadly, he has yet to accept the fact that he is gay. The story flowed along comfortably and the conclusion to the mystery was satisfactory. I would read more from this author. ( )