![]() ![]() Assigned to investigate the murder of philanthropist and reformer Stephen Finch, Jasper joins forces with a man who might be even more of an outsider than he is: Hieronymus Law, a detective who had investigated two almost identical killings-and who is rumored to have taken money to help frame an innocent woman for murder. ![]() Jasper is sent packing to New York City on a year-long assignment to train detectives and discovers a police department hovering on the brink of armed conflict. But Jasper's biggest problem is his father, the Duke of Kersey, who, enraged by a series of front-page newspaper stories extolling Jasper's exploits, decides he's had enough of the embarrassment and uses his political connections to keep his son out of the headlines-and off the police force. Along with a chest full of medals, he's got a head injury that's left large chunks of his memory missing. Jasper Lightner is a decorated Crimean War hero and the most admired inspector in London's Metropolitan Police. ![]()
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