A death on Waterloo bridge a body in the river near Wapping a lady robbed on Wych Street -- all common enough daily incidents in early Victorian London. But when an outrageous theft is committed at the port the clues from these seemingly unconnected crimes soon point irresistibly to a mystery deeper & murkier than the Thames itself. The rapacious Inspector Newsome has much to prove ex-police detective George Williamson faces difficult choices & the mysterious Noah Dyson is once more drawn unwillingly within the reach of the authorities. Meanwhile competing against them all there is the enigmatic figure calling himself Eldritch Batchem.. . Lives & reputations are at stake. As the investigators pursue a macabre trail into the citys darkest passages each seeks a prize more personal than mere justice. & in the race for a solution all stand to discover much more than they are prepared for.. . The Thieves Labyrinth is a dazzling Victorian entertainment -- a gripping richly atmospheric murder mystery.