1721-1780

First of a series featuring Sir John Fielding, a magistrate who in the 18th Century co-founded London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. The narrator is Jeremy Proctor, a 13-year-old orphan who serves as Fielding's eyes. Fielding is blind. The series opens with the "suicide" of a lord known for his gambling and extra-marital affairs.

Legendary nineteenth-century London judge Sir Joh Fielding returns in this fourth mystery. John Fielding was the founder of London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners, as well as a magistrate of keen intellect, fairness and uncommon detective ability. When a crime was committed, he often took it upon himself to solve it. What made this all the more remarkable was that he was blind.

Blind eighteenth-century London judge Sir John Fielding and his young apprentice Jeremy Proctor discover a dangerous high-stakes battle that leads to the upper levels of society when they set out to investigate the death of a young girl whose body was pulled from the Thames.