Fans of The Interpretation of Murder" & " The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher" will love " The Yard" a gripping crime fiction novel from debut author Alex Grecian set in atmospheric Victorian London. During the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper case Scotland Yards brand new Murder Squad are faced with their most gruesome crime scene yet. " The Yard" will take you into the dark side of Victorian London & offers a fascinating insight into the birth of CSI. A new era of fear is just beginning...1889 London. The legacy of Jack the Ripper has cast a shadow over the city. Victorian London is in the grip of a wave of crime & murder with its citizens no longer able to trust the police to protect them. The newly formed Murder Squad of Scotland Yard made up of just twelve detectives battles in vain against the tide of violence & cruelty. When the body of a Yard detective is found in a suitcase his lips sewn together & his eyes sewn shut it becomes clear that not even the police are safe from attack. Has the Ripper returned
- or is a new killer at large? Walter Day the squads newest recruit is assigned the case & finds a strange ally in the Yards first forensic pathologist Dr Bernard Kingsley. Can they find the murderer before its too late? Or is London at the mercy of a serial killer even deadlier than Jack the Ripper? Alex Grecian has worked for an ad agency on accounts for Harley-Davidson Cub Foods & The Great American Smokeout before returning to writing fiction full time & raising his son. Alex is the author of the long-running & critically acclaimed comic book series Proof & he lives in Topeka Kansas with his wife & son. " The Yard" is his first novel."