The brutal murder of Judge Hugo Jackson shocks 1906 New York City. Presiding over the explosive trial of anarchist Al Drayson—a man who set off a deadly bomb at a Carnegie wedding—the judge was found in his Gramercy Park townhouse with his throat slashed. The case is sensational enough to draw the full attention of the new police commissioner.
But this case falls far outside Detective Simon Ziele’s usual precinct. Despite the jurisdictional tangle, Ziele is drawn in when the judge’s widow calls on Alistair Sinclair, a brilliant but unconventional criminologist. Together, Ziele and Sinclair must navigate a police force fixated on rounding up Drayson’s supporters, even as evidence suggests another sinister plot.
In a city gripped by fear and political unrest, will they uncover the truth—or be silenced by powerful forces?
