Murder is rampant in Early Victorian London. Detective Inspector Newsome of the new Detective Force decides to recruit a recently-apprehended master criminal to help bring the culprits to justice. A polymath with a mysterious past the man is no eager volunteer. & when the ghastly murder of conjoined twins galvanizes the city Newsome blackmails his prisoner -- Noah Dyson as he calls himself -- into working with the Forces finest: Sergeant George Williamson. Unknown to the policemen the criminal genius behind the murder shares a dark past with their new associate. It is not justice that is on Dysons mind but retribution. As Williamson & Dyson together close the net the murder-rate soars & the streets of London begin to burn. Ingeniously plotted & seething with grotesque characters James Mc Creets striking debut will grip readers from its first dark pages.