TY - BOOK AU - Granger,Ann TI - A mortal curiosity SN - 9780755320486 (hbk.) U1 - 823.92 22 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Headline KW - Martin, Lizzie (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Ross, Ben (Fictitious character) KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - England KW - New Forest (District) KW - New Forest (England : District) KW - Social conditions KW - 19th century KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd N2 - CRIME & MYSTERY FICTION. The second novel in Ann Granger's wonderfully atmospheric Victorian mystery series. Lizzie Martin, lady's companion, has been sent from London to the New Forest to comfort a young woman whose baby has tragically died. A sad enough task, but things take an even darker turn when a rat-catcher is found murdered in the garden, and the young woman is discovered beside the body, crying and covered in blood. Not knowing where else to turn, Lizzie calls upon her friend Inspector Ben Ross from Scotland Yard to solve the horrific crime ER -