The Emerald Shawl

1864, Bristol, England As the Avon flows down to the sea, under the newly-built bridge... a seamstress is found in the darkened docks, floating, silenced. Those who found her are sure it must be a tragic accident, probably the result of too many drinks in a nearby public house. But journalist Nelly Brooks recognises the dead woman immediately - her hair sodden from the dark water. Because they had met just one day before, when the seamstress had insisted Nelly investigate the death of her f...