THE YARD

1889, London was a teeming hotbed of vice. As many as ninety-six bodies per month were pulled from the Thames, the majority of them with their throats slit. The tabloids were routinely filled with sensation stories of garrotings, abductions, and armed robberies. The average number of arrests each year topped 60,000. And to solve all of these crimes? A dozen Scotland Yard inspectors. Just twelve.

The overwhelmed detectives of Scotland Yard became known as the “Murder Squad”. They were the best and brightest the Metropolitan Police force had to offer. Their hands were tied by convention, the public distrusted them after their failure to apprehend The Ripper, they lacked the technology and transportation we take for granted today, and forensic science was just being born.This is the setting of Alex Grecian's debut, The Yard.

With its artful writing, unforgettable characters, gripping forensics, and amazing authentic historical detail, this riveting page-turner is like Sherlock Holmes meets CSI.