Blackmail, Sex and Lies: A True Crime Victorian Murder Mystery

For 160 years, people have believed Madeleine Smith was guilty of murder. But was she? Could she have been innocent after all?

This Victorian murder mystery, based on a true story, takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, 1857. It explores the disastrous romance between the vivacious socialite and her working class lover.

After a two-year torrid and forbidden relationship with L'Angelier, continuing against her parents' wishes, the situation changes dramatically when William Minnoch enters the scene. Minnoch is handsome, rich, and of her social class. Everything L'Angelier is not.

Insane jealous rages and threats of blackmail are suddenly silenced by an untimely death.

Written in British English, in the creative nonfiction style, this Scottish Noir will be enjoyed by those who enjoy Victorian murder mysteries, unsolved crimes, or fictionalised accounts of true crime.

See the author's bestselling debut novel, "Who Killed Little Johnny Gill?" - another Victorian whodunit based on a real crime.