Disappearing husband!

The Whitechapel Widow (Emma Langley Victorian Mystery #1) by Emily Organ        

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When Emma Langley’s husband fails to get on the train, having hopped off to buy a newspaper, she’s alarmed. What has held him up? They have decided to move out of London and relocate in Suffolk close to where William’s aunt lives.

When Emma reaches Lavenham she leaves her luggage at the station and catches a return train back to London hoping to find William. That doesn’t work out so she returns once more to Lavenham only to find there is no aunt’s house. She stays at the local inn overnight. Puzzled and distressed Emma journeys back to Liverpool Station, London once again and is taken in by her kindly previous landlady.

Together they report her missing husband to the police who open up the possibility that William has deliberately planned his disappearance.

More distressing news follows when William is found murdered. His death pushes open the door to his perfidy, which Emma discovers more of as she continues to investigate aided by ex reporter Penny Green.

Tied up in this are letters written in red ink to various people pertaining to be from Jack the Ripper. Emma is pursuing a dangerous route than runs from high society to seedy gambling joints. 

An enquiring Victorian mystery that satisfies.

A Storm ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.