DEATH IN THE DEVIL'S ACRE by Anne Perry

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A series of brutal murders takes place in the red light district of London during the late 1880s. Police Inspector Thomas Pitt is called to investigate to see if there's a tie between the murder victims: a middle aged doctor, a former footman, a very rich and titled gentleman, and a math teacher. All were stabbed in the back and mutilated.

Pitt and his wife Charlotte race against time to find the killer. The search leads them to aristocratic families with secrets to hide, as well as to the underside of Victorian London.

BARCHESTER TOWERS by Anthony Trollope

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To the modern reader, this Victorian novel is reminiscent of those of Barbara Pym with its keen interest in the lives and foibles of the Anglican clergy. It is also full of humor and romance and characters who remain fresh and real after 150 years.

FALLING ANGELS, by Tracy Chevalier

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Early 20th century London has its own time-honored customs and it is in this context that two young girls, Maude and Livia, become friends. Their families represent two different social classes. Lavinia with her younger sister, Ivy May, are part of a working class family; while Maude's parents are definitely upper class. The families encounter each other as they visit their family graves at the local cemetery. And it is there that they come into contact with poor Simon, the gravedigger's son, who represents yet a third class. While Lavinia's family is comfortable in the Victoria age, Maude's mother is decidedly not. Kitty Coleman becomes involved with suffragettes and is it during one of their events that tragedy strikes.