Allen & Unwin Kitty Peck and the Child of Ill-Fortune book Crime fiction English Paperback 416 pages

The sensational follow-up to the CWA-shortlisted Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders.

March 1881, Limehouse.Kitty Peck, a spirited but vulnerable seventeen-year-old, is the reluctant heiress to Paradise, the criminal empire previously overseen by the formidable Lady Ginger. Far from the colour and camaraderie of the music hall where Kitty had been working, this newfound power brings with it isolation and uncertainty. Desperate to reconnect with Joey, her estranged brother, Kitty travels to Paris. Reunited at last, she is unable to refuse his request to take a child back to London. Within days of her return it's clear that someone has followed them. and this someone is determined to kill the child. and anyone who stands in their way.Kitty Peck and the Child of Ill-Fortune is a fast-paced historical mystery with breath-taking twists and turns that takes us from the decadent, bohemian world of late 19th-Century Paris to a deadly secret at the heart of the British Empire.

Kate Griffin was born within the sound of Bow bells, making her a true-born cockney. Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, Kate's first book, won the Stylist/Faber crime writing competition and was shortlisted for the CWA Endeavour Historical Dagger. Kate's maternal family lived in Victorian Limehouse and her grandmother told her many stories of life around the docks. Kate lives in St Albans.