Hammer – A Novel of the Victorian Underworld Sara Stockbridge

Amid the gritty backdrop of the infamous Whitechapel murders, Brick Lane, Bell Lane and sundry public houses old Horatio Blunt is searching for Grace Hammer. Grace, protector of her children, but putty in the hands of handsome Jack Tallis keeps her family out of the gutter not by turning tricks but by picking the pockets of any rich tourists fool enough to venture into London’s dark heart. It’s a down and dirty Victorian underworld full of scheming women like Miss Spragg and Mirabelle Trotter, weasel Ivor Spall, killer for hire Happy Harry Harding and watchful Byron Stanley. Blunt is now hot on Grace’s trail and when he finds her he plans to reclaim his twice stolen property and wring Grace’s neck.