The Yard

It is London in 1889 and DI Walter Day has been called to his first murder scene.  Dr. Bernard Kingsley has identified the body in a trunk as another detective.  He scans the area and finds a thread and some needles, which he will use as part of his investigation into the death.

Shortly after this, Constable Hammersmith is led to the body of a child which was found wedged in a chimney.  The child was obviously left there by a chimney sweep after he had become lodged.  Hammersmith called for an inspector, but the one who came told him not to pursue the case.  Hammersmith tells Dr. Kingsley that he plans to carry on with the case.

With the aid of Inspector Blacker, Day begins going through the files of the murdered detective in the hopes that something will point them in the direction of the killer.  It is Blacker who discovers two similar cases, but are they the right ones?  Dr. Kingsley feels that they are two different killers.

Kingsley believes that finger marks could help solve the ongoing investigations.  He is in the process of showing Colonel Sir Edward Bradford, Head of the Metropolitan Police Force, and DI Day how finger marks are all dissimilar when DI Blacker informs them that the body of another policeman has been found.

Can DI Day and his team catch the murderer or murderers before another person falls victim?  Author Alex Grecian has written a tense thriller, set in a time when forensics were developing, which will have the reader turning the pages and not wanting to put this book down.  Absolutely riveting.  I can hardly wait to get my hands on the sequel.