HE SECOND BOOK IN THE POPULAR"LAWLESS"SERIES - PERIOD DETECTIVE FICTION SET IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
A Foundation for Fallen Women. An automaton chess-master. An impossible theft. As reluctant inspector of vice, Lawless undertakes a reckoning of London's nighthouses. Lawless is fascinated by Felix, the forlorn maestro driven by mysterious sufferings to establish this charitable foundation. Every secret he uncovers points to many more covered up. When reputations are at threat, those running the show can be merciless in defending them..."