City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

The house on Half Moon Street, Alex Reeve

Label
The house on Half Moon Street, Alex Reeve
Language
eng
Illustrations
maps
Index
no index present
Intended audience
General
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The house on Half Moon Street
Responsibility statement
Alex Reeve
Series statement
Leo Stanhope, Book 1
Summary
Introducing Leo Stanhope: a transgender coroner's assistant who must uncover a killer without risking his own future. Leo Stanhope. Avid chess player; assistant to a London coroner; in love with Maria; and hiding a very big secret. For Leo was born Charlotte, the daughter of a respectable reverend. But knowing he was meant to be a man - despite the evidence of his body - and unable to cope with living a lie any longer, he fled his family home at just 15 and has been living as Leo: his secret known to only a few trusted people. But then Maria is found dead and Leo is accused of her murder. Desperate to find her killer and under suspicion from all those around him, he stands to lose not just the woman he loves, but his freedom and, ultimately, his life
Target audience
adult
Classification