Inspector Edmund Reid had not come up against anything as unusual this in his storied career; not even when he was hunting the Ripper. The discovery of the local Member of Parliament, Samuel Montagu, naked and apparently mindless, in a flophouse within spitting distance of the Leman Street station has caused immense consternation. It has also drawn the attention of those in power whose attention is best avoided at all cost. Not only was Montagu naked and mindless, he was surrounded by men, women and children similarly afflicted who were drawn from all walks of London life.
It is now down to Reid, Drake and Jackson to solve this mystery ‘assisted’ by Fred Best, reporter for The Star.