Blind Justice, by Anne Perry
The Book When one of Hester's new nurses starts crying at work, Hester believes something is terribly wrong. Through encouragement, Josephine tells Hester her father has been pressed into giving to his church more money than he can afford to give. He is on the verge of financial collapse. Hester, remembering the fraud case that caused her father to commit suicide, empathizes. Hester decides to go to the the church to see for herself. Her husband, Commander William Monk of the Thames River Police, reluctantly agrees to let her go, alone if she must, with Scuff if at all possible. Scuff is initially confused by the outing, and quickly becomes bored. But when he deduces that Hester is investigating, he turns his keen mind to the task of trying to unearth something crooked. Scuff tells Hester he thinks she needs to do something. Hester takes the books of the church's charity to Squeaky Robinson, who determines there is quite a bit of fraud at the church. Armed with t...
