A dazzling crime novel from a practised hand. London, 1867. One of Algernon Swinburne's old school chums is stabbed to death, and Algernon is determined to bring the murderer to justice. During his investigation, Algernon becomes involved with both the Society for the Suppression of Vice and a member of the royal family - an unhappy mixture. He also exposes a record of blackmail, murder and sin in high places.
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A man died on the cross-Channel ferry boat, and Simpson was delighted.
If there was one thing Simpson welcomed when he was smuggling goods into England, it was a distraction - something which took the minds of the customs men away from their task of looking for contraband goods. Indeed, the very best of distractions were those which took the customs men away from their posts entirely.
In this case, the man died very soon after the ferry left Calais. He was travelling second class, it appeared, while Simpson was in the first-class lounge. Well, Simpson was an old Etonian, when all was said and done. A hard-up, down-on-his-luck old Etonian, but a wearer of the old-school tie none the less. But despite the difference in class between the man who died and the wealthy passengers on the higher deck, word of the sudden decease soon came drifting up.
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