Paperback. Pub a Date: May. 2011 in Publisher: London in Headline Review 1781 Harriet Westerman anxiously awaits news of her husband. A ship's captain the who has been gravely injured in. the king's naval battles with France. Of As London's streets seethe with rumor. A body is dragged from the murky waters of the Thames.Having gained a measure of fame as amateur detectives for unraveling the mysteries of Thornleigh Hall. the indomitable Mrs. Westerman and her reclusive sidekick. anatomist Gaiel Crowther. are once again called on to investigate. In this intricate novel. Harriet and Gaiel will discover that this is no ordinary drowning-the victim is part of a plot to betray England's ...