author : Chris Sugden

The sprawling metropolis of Even Greater London spreads across half of England. The immense Tower casts electricity through the sky, powering the mind-boggling city. The engineer-army of Isambard Kingdom Brunel swarms across the capital, unstoppable in their construction. And at the heart of it all sits the country’s first private detective agency.

Archibald Fleet and Clara Entwhistle hoped business would pick up quickly. No-one is taking them seriously, but their break will come soon. Definitely. Probably.

Meanwhile, police are baffled and overwhelmed by a series of impossible bank robberies. Which means that when a woman witnesses a kidnapping, Fleet-Entwhistle Private Investigations is the only place she can turn. They’re more than happy to oblige!

But why would this man be a target? As Clara and Fleet investigate, they find more than they could ever have imagined…