Publisher's Synopsis
London, 1870: A Hungarian immigrant is found dead, with a bayonet through his heart, his fingers broken and his body surrounded by seventeen blood-dipped candles. Commander William Monk of the Thames River Police suspects the killer is from within the community, but when another murder occurs, Monk fears the immigrants are being targeted by an outsider... Meanwhile, Hester is reunited with a traumatized doctor who was left for dead on a Crimean battlefield. Fitz made his way home via Hungary and is now living in the community. Hester is determined to help him and, when he is accused of the killings, sets out to prove his innocence...
