![]() ![]() Not only does every copper in the city resent him on sight, whether for his nationality (they’re Irish), reverse snobbery about his class, or because they believe that the interloper will expose the incredible corruption they take as their right. What he doesn’t know and couldn’t possibly anticipate, no sooner has he landed than he realizes he’s walked into a snake pit. ![]() Jasper doesn’t particularly like - his imperious valet, Paisley, likes it even less - but our hero accepts the journey as an adventure. The duke gives Jasper an ultimatum: leave the police force or go to (ugh!) New York and teach the colonial upstarts how to sleuth properly, if he likes. But since His Lordship can’t deter his wayward progeny by cutting off his allowance - an aunt has conveniently left Jasper a sizable legacy - he applies political pressure instead. His obdurate father, a duke who’s found fault with his second son forever, believes that Jasper’s chosen profession stains the family escutcheon. ![]() In April 1857, Jasper Lightner, star detective of the London police force and keen student of scientific methods, faces a crisis that threatens his career. ![]()
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