num_pages: 288
description: 
  What dark secrets lurk behind closed doors…? 
Wimbledon, England, 1889When Theodore Crozier is found dead the neighbourhood hopes the cause may be suicide, if only to spare further pain for both his dutiful wife Laura and beloved brother Titus. However there is more to the matter - a whisper of murder…Inspector John Joseph Lintott is sent in to investigate, and the further he delves into the mystery the more tangled it becomes.Is Laura the pious, meek wife she appears to be? Could the rumours be true about her unnatural relationship with Titus?  Was Theodore Crozier murdered by someone in his household?
language: English
title: Dear Laura
titlecomplete: Dear Laura (Black Dagger Crime Series)
genres: Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 418
places: Wimbledon, England
series: John Joseph Lintott
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Chivers