A CASE IN POINT

The year is 1765. The wife of a member of London’s elite society is found drowned in the slimy contents of a cess barge in Puddle Dock. Accident, suicide or murder?

Sir John Fielding, magistrate, philanthropist and crime fighter asks Superintendent Jack Renton, well known for achieving results but not for discretion, to look into the case. A successful outcome will ensure the continued funding of his beloved Bow Street Runners, a troop of dedicated men who share his burning ambition to bring law and order to the streets of a city out of control.

Untangling clues, ingenious deductions, exciting action and a parade of colourful characters, some recognised by history, others forgotten, together with the carefully researched details of London life, politics and places bring the story to life in a thoroughly new and modern way.