The Yard - Alex Grecian

Victorian London is a cesspool of crime, and ScotlandYard has only twelve detectives-known as "The Murder Squad"-to investigate countless murders every month. Created after the Metropolitan Police's spectacularfailure to capture Jack the Ripper, The Murder Squad suffersrampant public contempt. They have failed their citizens. Butno one can anticipate the brutal murder of one of their own. . . one of the twelve . . .

When Walter Day, the squad's newest hire, is assigned thecase of the murdered detective, he finds a strange ally in theYard's first forensic pathologist, Dr. Bernard Kingsley. Togetherthey track the killer, who clearly is not finished with The MurderSquad . . . but why?

Filled with fascinating period detail, and real historical figures, this spectacular debut in a new series showcases the depravity of late Victorian London, the advent of criminology, andintroduces a stunning new cast of characters sure to appeal tofans of The Sherlockian and The Alienist.