Asylum Murders: A Lady Black Mystery (The Lady Black Mysteries Book 2)

In the gaslit streets of 1890s Melbourne, Lady Edith “Edie” Black has reinvented herself. Once a notorious London thief, she now poses as a widowed aristocrat while secretly establishing herself as a private investigator.

When Parliament's ceremonial mace disappears during a night of debauchery involving high-ranking officials, Edie is hired to recover it discreetly. But her investigation takes a darker turn when a young woman is brutally beaten and left for dead after the same event.

Meanwhile, Edie's dearest friend Britina, a novice nun assigned to the infamous Kew Asylum, witnesses disturbing disappearances among the patients. When Britina is framed for murder, Edie must infiltrate the asylum's forbidding walls to save her.

With time running out and powerful enemies closing in, Edie must use all her criminal and aristocratic skills to expose the truth before becoming the next victim.