Mark Sanderson does for the 30s what Jake Arnott did for 60s London â vividly revealing its hidden underworld in this follow up to Snow Hill
On a sweltering day in July 1937, reporter John Steadman is in Londonâs St Paulâs Cathedral waiting for his girlfriend ⌠But romance is pushed aside when he witnesses a man falling to his death from the Whispering Gallery, killing a priest in the process. Did he jump or was he pushed?
Two days later Johnny receives the first of a series of grim packages at the offices of his newspaper, the Daily News. Each contains the body part of a woman and an enigmatic note, one of which says that he will be the murdererâs final victim.
To catch a killer, Johnny must set himself up as bait â with police and a fascinated public looking on. But he still has to uncover the tragic truth behind the double-death in the cathedralâŚ