Welcome to Litsy!

This book really wanted a photo of a seedy nightclub, but it'll have to put up with a nice view.

Lawyer Will is asked by a friend to step in when a young woman tries to blackmail her husband for £££. As you would expect from crime fiction, things soon get very murky.

As with the rest of the series, includes an apology / explanation re the contemporary language and attitudes.

....do you see yourself as one of those engaging but unlikely gentlemen who appear in detective fiction? Really, William, aren't you just a little vain?"

#meta

Oof, such a run of “so-so“ books lately. This one's a bit noirish and generally grubby-feeling. I disliked pretty much every character.