Books like The beggar maid by Dilly Court

An undercover reporter follows a celebrity into rehab to uncover juicy gossip about her personal life.

Margaret Maron's mystery, Slow Dollar, follows fictional judge Deborah Knott as she navigates a North Carolina case that turns to the intrigue of a circus.

In turn‑of‑the‑twentieth‑century London, Hetty Huggins vows to protect her younger siblings after their mother dies, fighting poverty, a predatory tallyman and a long‑stride dream of entrepreneurship amid harsh social realities.

The compelling new saga set in turn-of-the twentieth-century London by the author of The Cockney Angel.Since the untimely death of her husband, young mother Effie Grey has been forced to live on a narrowboat owned by her tyrannical father-in-law Jacob. In spite of her own despair, she is determined to protect her brother Tom and her baby son Georgie from Jacob's bullying ways - for she is all they have in the world.But when Jacob hires villainous Salter and his vile wife Sal to run the barge, Effie's life becomes even more unbearable, and Tom is sent packing without a penny to his name. Forced to live on deck with little to shelter her and Georgie from the elements, tormented by the Salters, Effie is driven to desperation. And stealing Jacob's hidden cache of money she escapes with her son. As she begins her frantic search for Tom, Effie vows that whatever happens she will make a home for little Georgie and keep him safe from harm.

A first‑time thriller that spins a tense love triangle, in which a mother’s obsessive bid to keep her son with her threatens the life of the woman he loves.