Leo Stanhope

This richly detailed, atmospheric series has everything we love in historical mysteries—a plucky young hero, note-perfect (and clearly well researched) local color, daring chases through shadowy streets—but it takes us beyond the cliches of gaslight and crinoline. As a trans man, Leo has an illuminating, close-up view of Victorian England's social strife...and London's colorful underbelly!

“This brilliant crime novel has made me see the world with new eyes” —The Independent