The tragic death of a railway magnate in a sleasy brothel has shocked high society. Meanwhile, private investigator William Monk acquires a mysterious new client who asks him to ascertain beyond the shadow of a doubt whether or not her fiance, a railway firm executive, has become enmeshed in fradulent practices. And so Monk embarks upon a journey that will revive memories stripped from his consciousness by amnesia - as a past almost impossible to bear returns, eerilyparelleling a fresh tragedy that has already begun its inexorable unfolding. Evokes Victorian London with detail and mood.

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