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Overview: The Penny Green series follows the ups, downs and investigations of Victorian news reporter Penny Green. As one of the first lady news reporters on Fleet Street, she has her work cut out.
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
1. Limelight – “Miss Green, the actress Lizzie Dixie has been murdered.” I stared at the young inspector. “But it’s impossible. She drowned. Years ago.”
London, 1883. Fleet Street’s pioneering lady reporter Penny Green is stunned when a long-dead actress is found murdered in Highgate Cemetery. Lizzie Dixie supposedly drowned in the River Thames years ago, so how did she end up shot to death on a foggy October night? Penny’s personal connection to the victim draws her in to the case, as does the charm of Scotland Yard inspector James Blakely. But her return to work sparks the attention of someone with evil intent.
Why did Lizzie fake her own death? Who knew she was still alive? With each revelation, the killer draws nearer. Can Penny unmask the culprit before she becomes the next victim? Or will the bright lights of Victorian London be forever dimmed by a killer lurking in the shadows?
2. The Rookery – In the fog of Victorian London, a killer stalks the slums.
London, 1884. When reporter Penny Green’s prized possessions – her father’s expedition diaries – are stolen from her in a street robbery, she’s determined to get them back. Her pursuit leads her into the notorious St Giles Rookery slum and straight into a murder scene. To her shock, Penny finds herself implicated in the crime.
Desperate to clear her name, Penny teams up with Inspector James Blakely of Scotland Yard and begins to uncover the slum’s tragic secrets – unsolved murders and a community ignored by authorities.
Can Penny unravel the mystery of her father’s final journey, find the killer and clear her name? Or will the secrets of the past claim another life in the fog-shrouded alleyways of London?
3. The Maid’s Secret – Cyanide in the champagne. A family with deadly intentions… Can an undercover reporter reveal the truth before it’s too late?
London, 1884. When reporter Penny Green is tasked with going undercover as a maid to spy on a Victorian industrialist in his South Kensington home, she expects intrigue. But she never imagined murder.
When a young woman is found dead at her own birthday party, poisoned by cyanide in her champagne, Penny realises she’s stumbled into something far more sinister than family squabbles.
With the help of Inspector James Blakely, Penny unravels a tangled web of secrets. But events escalate with a second suspicious death. Can Penny solve the mystery before her cover is blown? Or will her disguise as a humble maid be her undoing in this house of secrets?
4. The Inventor – A brilliant inventor dead. A sinister conspiracy unravelling. Can one determined reporter uncover the shocking truth?
London,1884. News reporter Penny Green joins the crowd at a spectacular light display at Crystal Palace. But the evening ends in tragedy when famous electricity pioneer Simon Borthwick takes his own life.
Penny suspects a clue to the inventor’s suicide lies in the mysterious letter he left behind. And when she discovers a connection to the murder of a museum curator, she’s convinced the inventor’s death should be investigated.
With the help of Scotland Yard’s Inspector James Blakely, Penny learns that Borthwick’s groundbreaking work threatened powerful interests – did someone want him silenced?
As Penny follows a trail of clues, she soon encounters a murky world that even the police can’t get close to. A shadowy figure stalks Penny’s every move. Anonymous threats arrive at her door. Can Penny expose the conspiracy before she becomes its next victim?
5. Curse of the Poppy – In Victorian London, power and corruption go hand in hand. And challenging either can be deadly.
London, 1884. A brutal burglary in Fitzrovia leaves a woman dead. Miles away in Limehouse, a man is murdered in an opium den. To most, these crimes seem unconnected. But intrepid reporter Penny Green suspects a sinister link.
As Penny digs deeper, her investigation leads her to the corridors of power in Whitehall, where the India Office reaps vast profits from Britain’s opium trade. When Scotland Yard’s Inspector James Blakely starts asking questions, he vanishes without a trace.
Torn between her growing feelings for Blakely and her loyalty to his distraught fiancée, Penny finds herself edging closer to a truth that powerful men will kill to keep hidden.
Can Penny unravel the mystery and find Blakely before it’s too late? Or will her pursuit of justice cost her everything – including her life?
6. The Bermondsey Poisoner – A string of poisoned husbands. A confession that doesn’t add up. A culprit who can’t be caught.
London, 1884. When three men die of arsenic poisoning in Bermondsey, news reporter Penny Green is on the case. But the investigation is brought to a simple conclusion when the poisoner confesses. Or so everyone thinks.
As the body count rises, the search extends across London to the warren of caves beneath Chislehurst. Penny unearths a tangled web of false identities and vanished suspects. With the help of the charming Inspector James Blakely, she races to connect the dots before more lives are lost
But few can match the cunning of a serial poisoner. When a police officer falls victim, Penny realises she’s not just risking her career – her life hangs in the balance too. Can she unmask the real Bermondsey Poisoner before she loses everything? Or will her pursuit of justice lead her straight into a killer’s trap?
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