About the book, from the publisher:Newspaper reporter Alec Londale discovers that a series of seemingly random murders may be connected in this absorbing historical mystery.Visit Simon Beaufort's website.
1882. Following up a story about a fatal house fire, newspaper reporter Alec Londale discovers that the victim's death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant and steal part of his brain? Alec is about to uncover evidence of a shocking conspiracy that reaches the highest echelons of Victorian society.
--Marshal Zeringue