Publisher's Synopsis
Leo Stanhope. Avid chess player; assistant to a London coroner; in love with Maria; and hiding a very big secret. Leo was born Charlotte, the daughter of a respectable reverend. Knowing he was meant to be a man - despite the evidence of his body - and unable to cope with living a lie, he fled his family home at fifteen and has been living as Leo: his secret known to only a few. But then Maria is found dead and Leo is accused of her murder. Desperate to find her killer and under suspicion, he stands to lose his freedom and, ultimately, his life.
