Two women at opposite ends of the social scale, both brutally murdered.

Principal Officer Dan Foster of the Bow Street Runners is surprised when his old rival John Townsend requests his help to investigate the murder of Louise Parmeter, a beautiful writer who once shared the bed of the Prince of Wales. Her jewellery is missing, savagely torn from her body. Her memoirs, which threaten to expose the indiscretions of the great and the good, are also missing.

Frustrated by the chief magistrate’s demand that he drop his investigation into the death of the unknown beggar woman, found savagely raped and beaten and left to die in the outhouse of a Holborn tavern, Dan is determined to get to the bottom of both murders. But as his enquiries take him into both the richest and the foulest places in London, and Townsend’s real reason for requesting his help gradually becomes clear, Dan is forced to face a shocking new reality when the people he loves are targeted by a shadowy and merciless adversary.

The investigation has suddenly got personal.

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Lucienne Boyce is an award-winning historical novelist, women’s suffrage historian and biographer. In 2006 she gained an MA in English Literature with the Open University, specialising in eighteenth-century fiction. The first Dan Foster Mystery, Bloodie Bones, was joint winner of the Historical Novel Society Indie Award 2016, and was a semi-finalist for the M M Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction 2016. The second Dan Foster Mystery, The Butcher’s Block, was published in 2017 and was awarded an IndieBrag Medallion in 2018. Lucienne has been a member of the Historical Novel Society since shortly after its foundation. She is also a member of the steering committee of the West of England and South Wales Women’s History Network. She has been a course tutor and radio presenter, and regularly gives talks and leads workshops about her fiction and non-fiction work.

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"Lucienne Boyce takes us confidently into both halves of London; the magnificent houses and the slums around Covent Garden. A very good read indeed.”

– Discovering Diamonds Reviews (read the full review here)

"Returning to dark and dangerous world of Georgian England in the company of Dan Foster is always a real treat and in Death Makes No Distinction, Foster is once again caught up in an investigation which is as difficult as it is complex. Caught up in the events surrounding two very different murders, one at the lower end of the social spectrum and the other at the very highest, Foster finds that he is moving in some very strange circumstances, particularly when one of the murder investigations brings him into the presence of the Prince of Wales."

– JaffaReads (read the full review here)

"Lucienne Boyce’s late 18th-century Dan Foster mysteries move from strength to strength. In this third adventure, our hero – child street-thief turned pugilist turned Bow Street Runner – is confronted by two brutal murders of women...There will be no simple solution to either investigation as he follows clues and suspects from the mansions of Mayfair and the new suburbs of Bloomsbury to the world of the destitute poor in the slums around St. Giles and Covent Garden and the river wharves...Lucienne Boyce skilfully and tangibly evokes Georgian London with her evocative and, at times, visceral, description.”

– Historical Novel Society Reviews

"This is an ideal book for those who love historical crime fiction. It’s gritty with a very realistic feel to it and I enjoyed reading it.”

– ShortBook and Scribes

"Death Makes No Distinction is a really great mystery/historical fiction. I absolutely love how realistic it is…The pacing is great and I didn’t want to put the book down until it was finished.”

– Jessica Belmont, Blog Tour

"An absorbing walk on the dark side of Georgian London, with a likeable detective and heinous crimes.”

– Jane Hunt, Writer (read the full review here)

"Beautifully written and intricately plotted Death Makes No Distinction continues this exciting historical series with another compelling murder mystery. I can't wait to see where the series takes us to next.”

– Jaffa Reads Too, Blog Tour

"As a fan of historical crime novels I would say that this is certainly a very good example of a skillfully constructed and well researched book. Dan is a very engaging character and I would be very interested to read the other books in which he features. I recommend this book as a thoroughly engaging historical novel with many elements to enjoy.”

– Northern Reader, Blog Tour

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Death Makes No Distinction was the winner of Chill With a Book's Cover of the Month Award, October 2019. Read more here.

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