A thriller set in and around the insidious area of London known as Seven Dials: a warren where seven narrow streets collide - and where vice, iniquity, and cold-blooded murder are everyday occurrences. Thomas Pitt, mainstay of the London police, confronts a 15-year-old crime that has current lethal repercussions. In her own inimitable style, Anne Perry weaves a page-turning tale of politics, passion and international intrigue set in the heart of Victorian England.