Ponorte sa do temných a hmlistých uličiek viktoriánskeho Londýna, kde sa naivný idealizmus nového detektíva stretáva s najhoršími zločinmi. Táto séria vás zavedie do doby plnej tajomstiev, intríg a brutálnych vrážd, ktoré preveria nielen dôvtip hlavného hrdinu, ale aj hranice ľudskej morálky. Pripravte sa na napínavé pátranie po pravde, kde každý tieň môže skrývať nebezpečenstvo a každý zdanlivo nevinný človek môže byť kľúčom k rozlúšteniu diabolského plánu.
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...