简介：Crimedramafeaturingthepioneering19th-centurydetectiveJackWhicher.AfterleavingtheMetropolitanPolice,WhichersavesarespectablecountryladyfromaviolentrobberyinadangerousquarterofLondon.SusanSpencerisdesperatelyhuntingforhervulnerablenieceMary,whocametoLondoninsearchofStephenGann,theyoungmanwhohadmadeherpregnant.SusancommissionsJackWhicherasaprivateinquiryagenttofindhernieceandtheyoungman.Soon,Whicherisirresistiblydrawnintoadisturbingandpuzzlingmurdercase,bringinghimupagainstwealthyandpowerfulfiguresandthrowinghimintoconflictwithhisformercolleaguesintheMetropolitanpolice.TheinvestigationleadstoaprivatelunaticasylumwhereWhicherhimselfmustconfrontthedarknessofhisowndemons.…