Trouble Brewing

A corpse in the ale. A scandal in society. A love neither expected.

Lancashire, 1862. When a body is discovered floating in a vat of ale, Inspector Halliwell wastes no time in probing the town's most prosperous brewery. Every worker is a suspect-including Jacob Longworth, the enigmatic owner whose livelihood now hangs by a thread. Worse, whispers reveal the dead man was blackmailing Jacob, leaving him squarely in the constable's sights.

Enter Lady Jane Yate: a darling of Victorian society, be...