Prelude to a Certain Midnight (Lion #98)

Asta Thundersley, with her sabre tongue, slashed the drinkers at the Bar Bacchus into abject submission. She knew that one of these bawdy, bizarre creatures was the murderer and rapist of Sonia Sabbatini.

It might be Catchy, blowsy and gaudy. Or even The Tiger Fitzpatrick, who was not exactly sane. And everyone knew that Tobit Osbert kept dark secrets.

Then, there was a man who got a kick out of butchering pigs, one who made his living from degenerates, and another who would do anything for a new sensation.

These and more were all there in the grotesque little bar, playing their deep and violent games.