The house on Half Moon Street / Alex Reeve.
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TextSeries: Reeve, Alex. Leo Stanhope ; 1.Leo Stanhope ; Book 1.Publisher: London : Raven Books, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 368 pages : map ; 25 cmContent type: cartographic image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408892695 (hardback); 9781408892701 (paperback); 1408892707Subject(s): Stanhope, Leo, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | 1800-1950 | Detective and mystery stories | Secrecy -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | Transgender people | Transgender people -- Fiction | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction | England -- London | London (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction | Historical fiction. | Gay and Lesbian -- Adult fiction -- Print | Mystery fiction. | Historical fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction | Historical fiction DDC classification: 823.92 LOC classification: PR6118.E578 | H68 2018Summary: 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.
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"Everyone has a secret... Only some lead to murder" -- Cover.
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.
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