The discovery of a murdered woman sparks a nightmare that may destroy everything for Gemma and Sebastian…

In a respectable London neighborhood, nurse Gemma Tate and her fiancé, Inspector Sebastian Bell, are planning their future together. But their dreams shatter when they discover a murdered young woman, carefully arranged in a darkened alleyway behind her family home. 

While Gemma unravels the woman’s final secrets in the postmortem room, Sebastian hunts among the living. And he soon uncovers reports of similar deaths, linked to a traveling carnival. But what connects those friendless victims to the beloved woman they found?

Refusing to be beaten, Gemma and Sebastian pursue every lead on the killer’s trail, desperate to prevent more deaths. But can they stop him before he destroys not just more lives but their own hope of happiness?

A gripping and atmospheric Victorian mystery for fans of Andrea Penrose, Anna Lee Huber, and the Lady Sherlock mysteries.