Description: Having defied the mores of the upper class and married a policeman, charlotte finds herself interested in one of her husbands cases: The bodies of two infants have been discovered buried in the gardens of a quiet, elegant square in London.
As Inspector Pitt boldly intrudes on the drawing rooms of the very proper homes in the Square to conduct his disconcerting inquiries, Charlotte, along with her sister Emily, pursures her own unorthodox investigation into the secret scandals underlying the backstairs rumors and front parlor gossip: scandals that prove damaging enough to drive someone to murder.