THE CLOCKMAKER’S MURDER (Emma Langley Victorian Mystery #5) by Emily Organ will be released on July 30, 2026, by Storm Publishing.
Following the murder of clockmaker Horace Whitby at the Royal Observatory, the Greenwich police focus their investigation solely on the woman who discovered the body. Charlotte Mellor, a woman who makes her living by “selling” the accurate time to countless London businesses, had the misfortune of choosing that morning to ask Mr. Whitby to look at her pocket watch. Because Charlotte’s father had an altercation with Mr. Whitby over fifty years earlier—prior to her even being born—the Greenwich police decided that she must be guilty of murder. Charlotte’s actions do not help her assertions of innocence. Brought on to the case by her landlady, Emma Langley recruits her friend and former reporter, Penny Green, to help her find the person responsible for the grisly murder. Unlike the police, Emma and Penny find several suspects with motives more plausible than Charlotte. Can they figure out the killer’s identity before one of them becomes the next victim?
I read a lot of mysteries set in the Victorian era, and Emma Langley is one of my favorites. I am a big fan of the series. The books are always well-written, fast paced, and atmospheric. I also learned a lot about the Royal Observatory and how people kept time back in the 1880s. I’d heard of the real Greenwich Time Lady, and it was intriguing to read about a fictional character based on her. I look forward to Emma’s next mystery . . . and her budding romance with a certain reporter.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.