Last Seen in London

It was to be the society wedding of the season, but one crucial element was missing – the groom. The Honorable Thomas Stoddard was last seen on a rail platform in London, preparing to embark for Oxford, but he never arrived. Meanwhile, a laborer with a connection to Stoddard has met a sticky end on a farm in west Oxfordshire. With two bereaved fiancées, two furious fathers and a pugnacious newspaper editor involved, clock repairer Jacob Silver and his wife Sarah are called upon to help the police separate the warring parties and unravel the mystery of Stoddard's disappearance.

'Last Seen in London' is the 20th novel in the Silver and Simm Victorian Mysteries series.