Táto séria vás zavedie do Londýna roku 1915, keď Európa čelí hrôzam prvej svetovej vojny. Sledujte detektívov inšpektora Marmiona a seržanta Keedyho, ako sa preplietajú temnými uličkami mesta a riešia prípady, ktoré odhaľujú ľudské drámy na pozadí vojnového konfliktu. Každá časť ponúka napínavé vyšetrovanie a pohľad na život v čase veľkých zmien a neistoty.
May 1915. While thousands of Britons fight in the trenches, a severely depleted police force remains behind to keep the Home Front safe. In London, the sinking of the Lusitania sparks an unprecedented wave of anti-German riots and arson attacks across the city. Among the victims is the immigrant tailor Jacob Stein, found dead in his burnt-out shop.
January 1916. Britain is on the brink of enforcing conscription. Eligible young men who have not yet signed are despised as 'conchies' and 'shirkers', subjected to hatred and verbal abuse. When a conscientious objector is brutally bludgeoned to death, Scotland Yard detectives Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy are assigned to the case.
During WW1, female munition workers - canaries celebrate a birthday but all but one are killed in an explosion. Marmion and Keedy uncover surprising clues.
In June 1916, a young woman named Charlotte Reid is found murdered in a cinema. Harvery Marmion and Joe Keedy are assigned the task of finding the killer who so elusively fled in the dark. Before long, two more victims, of striking similarity but differing backgrounds, are found dead around the city. Meanwhile, miles from home, Marmion's son Paul prepares for life on the front line as he marches towards the Battle of the Somme.
Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy investigate the murder of Simon Wilder, who was stabbed to death while walking in an alleyway as British fighters thwarted a Zeppelin attack overhead
Pentonville Prison. Wally Hubbard is serving a long sentence for arson. But after befriending and tricking one of the officers, Hubbard makes an audacious escape. Inspector Marmion, the detective who arrested Hubbard, is warned to watch his back, but it seems that Hubbard has another target in his murderous sights.
June, 1917. While another daylight air raid batters London, the body of respected businessman Gilbert Donohoe is fished from the Thames. Inspector Marmion struggles with the murder case alongside his anxieties for his now- missing son, Paul, but the pressure increases when the Metropolitan Police are the target of a series of vicious press attacks.
1917. When a dead body is found in the exclusive Lotus Hotel, Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy must dig into the past to solve the crime.
