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First Published: January 1, 1991
It is September 1888. Thomas Pitt is called to investigate a case of arson. As the police at the station are busy with finding out the murderer of Whitechapel, he has to see to this case.
Lola goes missing from her hosue in Eastwell, Surrey. Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west.
One element in the book which is present in the narration is a beech tree. Beech is a deciduous tree native to subtropical and temperate Eurasia and North America.