In Leicester Fields

London, 1783. Dying artist Henry Grace is atoning for sins he committed with a hell-fire club in an extraordinary way which threatens the rich and powerful. When Grace's female apprentice Michel Angelo enlists journalist Morris ‘Mouse’ Malone to investigate, deadly forces are unleashed. What connects the painter's secretive masterpiece with the murders of children whose bodies have been found on the streets of London? Michel and Mouse are about to find out. Soaked in blood and oil-paint. “In Leicester Fields' will immerse readers in a boisterous London of Hogarthian crowds, buzzing coffee houses, Grub Street newspapers and public executions.

'Wonderfully interleaved passages with various characters and periods coming together as events develop. Detailed observations make it highly visual with a convincing evocation of era and place. As soon as I finished, I went back to the beginning for a second immersion. A superb read.' Noel Myles, fine artist

I have read with the same delight I imagined Ross felt penning it. It was a surprise to find the internet had remembered I had read The Snake Oil Dickens Man and The Edge of the Crowd. Adrian Cox

'Fantastic read. Will definitely check out his others.' Thomas Kibble