Táto séria vás zavedie do viktoriánskeho Londýna, kde mladý novinár Alec Lonsdale odhaľuje temné tajomstvá skryté pod pozlátkou vtedajšej spoločnosti. Spolu so svojou kolegyňou vyšetruje zdanlivo nesúvisiace zločiny, ktoré však čoskoro spoja nite zložitého sprisahania. Od podpaľačských útokov po krádeže častí tiel, každý prípad posúva hranice záhad a vrhá svetlo na odvrátenú stranu vtedajšej smotánky. Ponorte sa do napínavých historických detektívok, ktoré vás nenechajú vydýchnuť.
1882. Following up a story about a fatal house fire, newspaper reporter Alec Lonsdale discovers that the victim's death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant and steal part of his brain? Alec is about to uncover evidence of a shocking conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of Victorian society.
December 1882. Reporter Alec Lonsdale is shocked to discover a body hacked to death in the basement of a new museum. Suspicion immediately falls on a trio of cannibals, brought over as museum exhibits, who have disappeared without trace. But then he discovers a letter in the victim's home warning of a catastrophic event planned for Christmas Eve...