Knives Out meets Sherlock in the must-read new historical murder mystery from the Times bestselling author of The Murder at World's End, for fans of Anthony Horowitz, Tom Hindle and Janice Hallett.

London, 1911. Coronation fever. Suffragette unrest. A city crackling with tension.

When a policeman is found brutally murdered on the streets of Kensington, blame falls on the three women seen fleeing the scene.

Their sole witness? Stephen Pike: ex-borstal boy, under-butler extraordinaire and assistant to the most unconventional detective in London, Miss Decima Stockingham. Sharp-tongued, fearless and bored of behaving herself, she's the only one able to see that this case is not what it seems.

Aided by an invisible network of maids - their eyes and ears in every house in London - this unlikely duo must catch the killer before time runs out. But in a city dazzled by ceremony and divided by change, you never know what might be lurking in the shadows...

READERS LOVE THE SHADOWS OF KENSINGTON GORE

'I absolutely loved this and cannot wait to see what fate has in store for Stockingham and Pike next' 5-star reader review
'An absolute triumph, that had me gripped from the first page!' 5-star reader review
'Ross Montgomery knocks it out the park once again' 5-star reader review
'A laugh-out-loud historical crime caper, just as satisfying as the first' 5-star reader review
'A thoroughly entertaining crime page turner for fans of Kate Atkinson' 5-star reader review