Plot Summary:Whicher,retired from the police after his failure to solve the Road Hill House case,encounters Susan Spencer in a rough tavern,seeking her niece Mary,who came to London to find Stephen Gann,father of her baby. Soon afterwards Mary is found slain and the child missing and Whicher offers to help Susan find the killer. The baby is located at a home for unwed mothers,run by Reverend Marlow,who believes Mary went after Stephen,who rejected her. Whicher learns that Stephen's father was hung for murdering Susan's father though Mary knew nothing about it. Stephen and an opportunistic thief are the main murder suspects but Stephen convinces Whicher that he was the intended victim as he was about to hear important news from his grandfather Joshua,now in an insane asylum. Whicher inveigles his way into the asylum to speak to Joshua and,in solving the case,uncovers dark secrets in the Gann and Spencer families as well as betrayal by a corrupt policeman.
Princess Beatrice,戴维·卡梅伦,奥利维娅·科尔曼,伊丽莎白·麦戈文,伊丽莎白·安吉拉·玛格丽特·鲍斯-莱昂,Matthew Barzun,大卫·贝克汉姆,Anthony Burt,Michael Caine,Princess Charlotte of Cambridge,Clementine Churchill,温斯顿·丘吉尔,马丁·克鲁勒斯,夏尔·安德烈·约瑟夫·马里·戴高乐,Nicholas de Piro