1896. Sherlock Holmes ha vuelto a aparecer en los titulares, resolviendo misterios para la flor y nata de la aristocracia. Pero en los talleres y tabernas del sur de Londres, el detective privado William Arrowood es conocido por hacerse cargo de casos...
1895: La ciudad de Londres está asustada. Un asesino está al acecho en las calles, los pobres están hambrientos, los cabecillas de las bandas criminales están haciéndose con el control, las fuerzas policiales no dan abas...
London, 1896. As winter grips the city, a group of African travellers seek sanctuary inside the walls of the Quaker Meeting House. They are being hunted by a ruthless showman, who is forcing them to perform in his ethnic exhibition in the London Aquarium....
South London, 1896. William Arrowood, Victorian London's less salubrious private detective, is paid a visit by Captain Moon, the owner of a pleasure steamer moored on the Thames. He complains that someone has been damaging his boat, putting his business...
âThink Sherlock Holmes is the only detective working in Victorian London? Meet William Arrowood, the hero of Mick Finlayâs series of absorbing novelsâ The Times
1895: London's scared. A killer haunts the city's streets. The poor are hungry; crime bosses are taking control; the police force stretched to breaking point.