London, 1860. On a chilly January night, a terrible scream rang through the narrow, dirty alleys of St. Giles, one of the most impoverished and dangerous parts of the city. When the police came running, they found two well-dressed gentlemen who had been beaten up. One of them was dead, the other barely breathing. Sergeant John Evan rushed the victim to the hospital. The injuries on his body were terrible, and most importantly, he was speechless and could not tell anything. Who were these two, and why did they wander there at night, where people of their class do not show themselves even during the day? Evan doesn't know what to grab and where to start. But he knows exactly who can answer all these questions. This is former police inspector and now private investigator William monk…