Sumérjase en las oscuras y neblinosas calles del Londres victoriano, donde el ingenuo idealismo de un nuevo detective choca con los peores crímenes de la ciudad. Esta serie lo transporta a una era llena de misterio, intriga y asesinatos brutales que ponen a prueba no solo el ingenio del protagonista, sino también los límites de la moralidad humana. Prepárese para una emocionante búsqueda de la verdad, donde cada sombra puede ocultar peligro y cada persona aparentemente inocente podría ser la clave para desentrañar una trama siniestra.
London, 1859. When a man is killed in a hydraulic burst, detective Campbell Lawless stumbles on to the trail of Berwick Skelton: an elusive activist who crossed swords with London's illuminati. The Worms, a gang of urchins, help Lawless investigate the 'Skeleton Thefts. Can he track down the underworld mastermind before he wreaks vengeance?
HE SECOND BOOK IN THE POPULARLAWLESS SERIES - PERIOD DETECTIVE FICTION SET IN VICTORIAN ENGLANDA Foundation for Fallen Women. An automaton chess-master. An impossible theft. As reluctant inspector of vice, Lawless undertakes a reckoning of London's nighthouses. Lawless is fascinated by Felix, the forlorn maestro driven by mysterious sufferings to establish this charitable foundation. Every secret he uncovers points to many more covered up. When reputations are at threat, those running the show can be merciless in defending them...