Beneath the Gaslight
A Victorian Mystery Romance of a Gaslit Murder, a Widower with Secrets, and the Woman in the Green Cloak Who Knew the TruthBy Edmund U. Bellamy
Length7h 21m
About this audiobook
They told Oliver Davenport that the dead man fell.
One look at the bruises on the body's throat — finger-shaped, deep purple, almost black in the lantern light — told him the truth.
Henry Pavey was pushed.
Oliver is only a junior officer, a gentleman with a bad leg and a famous father, working murders that Inspector Graves would rather close quickly and close wrong.
In the fog of Victorian London, where gaslight turns the streets into a maze of shadow, Oliver has learned that the easy answer is almost always the lie.
But this case will cost him more than his reputation.
Because the deeper he digs, the closer it brings him to a woman in a deep green cloak.
A woman with wide, worried eyes.
A woman with secrets of her own.
The one person who seems to know what truly happened that night at Caledonian Mills.
He is a widower with a child asleep behind a single lamplit window, and a wedding ring he has never been able to take off.
She is a witness he should not trust and cannot stop thinking about.
Together they are the only two people willing to chase the truth into the parts of the city that respectable men pretend not to see.
But every step toward the killer is a step toward ruin — for his good name, for her safety, for the careful walls he built around a heart that never expected to feel anything again.
A locket he should never have taken.
A false confession that nearly buries an innocent.
A cell he is not certain he will walk out of.
And one impossible question.
Is justice worth everything he has left to lose?
He has spent years convincing himself he is only a junior officer, that the badge means nothing, that his heart was buried with his wife.
She is about to prove him wrong on every count.
If they want both the truth and each other, one of them will have to stop hiding first.
Beneath the Gaslight is an intimate, atmospheric Victorian romance about a slow-burning friends-to-lovers bond, a grieving single father, a dangerous murder mystery, secrets, sacrifice, and a heart that refuses to forget.
Perfect for readers who love Victorian romance, brooding detective heroes, slow-burn tension, gaslit murder mysteries, and a love story earned through fire. A standalone romance with a hard-won happy ending.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Historical Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length7 hrs 21 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue
2Chapter 1 - The Debt I Cannot Pay
3Chapter 2 - The Evidence I Ignored
4Chapter 3 - The Secret I Keep
5Chapter 4 - The Thread That Binds
Show all chaptersShow less
6Chapter 5 - The Lodger I Do Not Trust
7Chapter 6 - The Blow That Falls
8Chapter 7 - The Confession I Give
9Chapter 8 - The Sister I Failed
10Chapter 9 - The Fire That Tests Us
11Chapter 10 - The Alliance I Choose
12Chapter 11 - The Witness I Find
13Chapter 12 - The Locket I Stole
14Chapter 13 - The Cell I Cannot Leave
15Chapter 14 - The Lie I Believed
16Chapter 15 - The Truth That Frees
17Chapter 16 - The Cost of Justice
18Chapter 17 - The Grand Gesture
19Chapter 18 - The Future We Build
20Chapter 19 - The Light That Remains
21About the Author
More from Edmund U. Bellamy
The ReunionJana Deleon6h 31m4.6 (1.6K)$26 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Wishes from the HeartSophie Mays4h 9m4.7 (344)$15 · $0.00
Blizzard ShowdownShirlee McCoy5h 16m4.6 (1.1K)$12 · $0.00
To Hold and ProtectSandra Owens7h 59m4.6 (1.1K)$8 · $0.00
Arctic WitnessHeather Woodhaven5h 46m4.6 (985)$12 · $0.00
Following the TrailLynette Eason6h 35m4.6 (2.3K)$12 · $0.00
Defending from DangerJodie Bailey5h 46m4.6 (588)$24 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
Explosive RevengeMaggie K. Black6h 18m4.6 (545)$12 · $0.00
Her Brand of JusticeB.J. Daniels6h 48m4.6 (1.3K)$12 · $0.00
Search And DetectTerri Reed5h 51m4.6 (706)$24 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
Danger in the WildernessDarlene L. Turner6h 54m4.7 (299)$12 · $0.00
Yukon JusticeDana Mentink6h 15m4.6 (751)$12 · $0.00
The Rogue WarriorCindy Roland Anderson5h 44m4.6 (410)$17 · $0.00
Her Duty Bound DefenderSharee Stover6h 30m4.6 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
Trail Of ThreatsJessica R. Patch5h 47m4.6 (425)$24 · $0.00
Ironwood, a Fae Universe SeriesAlessa Thorn26h 57m4.6 (835)$30 · $0.00
Ready to ProtectValerie Hansen5h 38m4.6 (981)$24 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m4.5 (77.2K)$53 · $0.00
ShivajiRanjit Desai25h 13m4.6 (3.1K)$24 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
Lieutenant Hornblower (Annotated)C. S. Forester11h 41m4.5 (2.9K)$2 · $0.00
A Christmas Carol (Illustrated Edition)Charles Dickens3h 23m4.5 (21.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideLucy Maud Montgomery11h 44m4.5 (48.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Viennese DressmakerKathryn Gauci11h 46m4.5 (2.1K)$23 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Under the Light of the Italian MoonJennifer Anton12h 28m4.5 (5.3K)$23 · $0.00
Jubilee, 50th Anniversary EditionMargaret Walker15h 43m4.5 (9.5K)$25 · $0.00
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen14h 44m4.4 (4.7M)$2 · $0.00
Flying Colours (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith9h 26m4.4 (10.1K)$2 · $0.00
With Love from HarlemReShonda Tate13h 48m4.5 (2K)$6 · $0.00
Sweet Home Highland ChristmasMay McGoldrick, Jan Coffey2h 54m4.5 (1.4K)$7 · $0.00
Rilla of InglesideL. M. Montgomery12h 25m4.4 (67.5K)$2 · $0.00
Death Comes for the Archbishop (Annotated)Willa Cather9h 13m4.4 (4.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Alice NetworkKate Quinn15h 7m4.4 (887.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Goddess of WarsawLisa Barr13h 4m4.4 (36.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Ohio River Trilogy: Betty Zane, The Spirit of the Border & The Last TrailZane Grey29h 8m4.4 (1.8K)$1 · $0.00
The Attic ChildLola Jaye14h 46m4.4 (21K)$33 · $0.00
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Complete Edition)Arthur Conan Doyle12h 41m4.6 (286.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
Farewell My Lovely (Annotated)Raymond Chandler10h 37m4.6 (1.2K)$2 · $0.00
The Labyrinth of the SpiritsCarlos Ruiz Zafon27h 55m4.5 (77.2K)$53 · $0.00
Olympic Mountain PursuitJodie Bailey5h 55m4.6 (638)$12 · $0.00
Glen AffricKarine Giebel22h 51m4.5 (3.2K)$46 · $0.00
Deadly Badlands PursuitSharee Stover5h 53m4.6 (361)$12 · $0.00
Crime and Punishment (The Unabridged Garnett Translation) (Annotated)Fyodor Dostoevsky24h 25m4.5 (15.4K)$0.99 · $0.00
Three ComradesErich Maria Remarque15h 50m4.5 (47.3K)$2 · $0.00
AngelAnita Waller10h 30m4.6 (672)$30 · $0.00
The BorderDon Winslow29h 8m4.5 (35.7K)$53 · $0.00
FlashpointCatherine Coulter11h 38m4.5 (11.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Gothic Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated Edition)Edgar Allan Poe21h 5m4.5 (2.9K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Man in the Brown Suit & They Came to BaghdadAgatha Christie15h 43m4.6 (495)$33 · $0.00
Fang Si-Chi's First Love ParadiseYi-Han Lin8h 25m4.5 (4K)$26 · $0.00
The Rose CodeKate Quinn16h 2m4.4 (493.7K)$33 · $0.00
No Woman Left BehindJulie Moffett8h 49m4.5 (3K)$25 · $0.00
CovertJanie Crouch6h 15m4.5 (2K)$12 · $0.00
Cold Case InvestigationNicole Helm5h 30m4.6 (321)$5 · $0.00
The Lost Weekend (Annotated)Charles Jackson9h 46m4.5 (1K)$0.99 · $0.00
The ReunionJana DeLeon6h 31m4.5 (1.6K)$12 · $0.00
You may also like
Strong PoisonDorothy L. Sayers7h 28m4.2 (43.7K)$30
The Murder of Thomas CardwellStephanie Laurens8h 25m4.4 (465)$23
Strong Poison (Annotated)Dorothy L. Sayers10h 35m4.1 (34.3K)$2 · $0.00
Sense and Second-Degree MurderTirzah Price9h 54m3.9 (2.6K)$6 · $0.00
The Dead Letter (Musaicum Vintage Mysteries)Metta Victoria Fuller Victor10h 17m3.7 (2.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
A Simple MurderEleanor Kuhns10h 10m3.6 (2.3K)$30 · $0.00
A Christmas VisitorAnne Perry3h 58m3.8 (4.2K)$15
The Price of MaliceArcher Mayor8h 43m3.9 (2.4K)$22
Roast MortemCleo Coyle10h 14m4.1 (7.5K)$30
Deeds of DarknessMel Starr7h 20m4.2 (1.2K)$17
Mountain HostageHope White6h 1m4.4 (559)$12 · $0.00
I'll Be Watching YouAllison Brennan10h 39m4.0 (3.4K)$29 · $0.00
Locked in TemptationBrenda Jackson11h 37m4.4 (2.5K)$25 · $0.00
The Meriwell LegacyStephanie Laurens9h 21m4.3 (654)$23
Little SisterLana Wood7h 21m3.9 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
Hill HouseBlair Howard7h 41m4.3 (2.8K)$17
RopePatrick Hamilton2h 50m4.0 (1.1K)$0.99 · $0.00
The Mummy CaseElizabeth Peters10h 1m4.1 (28.3K)$20
Tracked Through the WoodsLaura Scott5h 59m4.2 (252)$24 · $0.00
Final CutMatthew Costello, Neil Richards2h 45m4.2 (764)$15