‘ Crackles with energy & wit’ – The Times London Society takes their problems to Sherlock Holmes Everyone else goes to Arrowood 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 While the rich turn to Sherlock Holmes the celebrated private detective rarely visits the densely populated streets of South London where the crimes are sleazier & the people are poorer In a dark corner of Southwark victims turn to a man who despises Holmes his wealthy clientele & his showy forensic approach to crime Arrowood – self-taught psychologist occasional drunkard & private investigator When a man mysteriously disappears & Arrowood’s best lead is viciously stabbed before his eyes he & his sidekick Barnett face their toughest quest yet to capture the head of the most notorious gang in London… In the bestselling tradition of Anthony Horowitz & Andrew Taylor this gloriously dark crime debut will haunt readers long after the final page has been turned