A Mortal Likeness

A photographer in Whitechapel, London, Sarah Bain is also a private detective?skilled at capturing others dark secrets and expert at keeping her own. When a wealthy banker, Sir Gerald Mariner, posts a handsome reward for finding his missing infant, all of London joins in, hoping to win that money for themselves. Usually discouraged by a saturated market, Sarah is instead curiously allured as she realizes the case hits much closer to home than she first thought. As she dives in, she discovers a photograph of baby Robin Mariner and his mother. But it eerily resembles the post-mortem photographs Sarah, herself, takes of deceased children posed to look as if they were alive. Now its unclear whether the kidnapping is a cover-up to hide the reality of his disappearance, or if its truly a cry for help. The clock is ticking, and Sarah must uncover the truth before her past catches up to her in A Mortal Likeness, the gripping follow-up to bestselling author Laura Joh Rowlands The Rippers Shadow.