'I loved it! It's quite clear that the authors have properly found their feet after setting up the characters and landscape in the first book, and are now really having fun. The historical detail is very deftly woven in, never getting in the way, but providing a constant source of delight if you know the period (but not getting in the way if you don't). There's a real sense of playfulness, which is highly appropriate for a book dealing with the Georgians, and a desire to engage the reader not just in the story, but also in the wider context of the period, and it's a joy to read, despite the dark subject matter. It never veers down the dreary route of torture and misogyny of so much modern crime fiction, and the characters are well-developed and believable. Satisfyingly dastardly villains, very human protagonists, a good old pace, and a denouement which is in keeping with the period. I read it on a never-ending train journey, and was rather irritated when I had to get off and stop reading.'
     

- Review of The Body in the Ice, Annie Gray, author of The Greedy Queen, panellist on Radio 4' The Kitchen Cabinet, presenter of BBC's Victorian Bakers