Bruce Holsinger comes to mysteries and thrillers this time after writing a wonder tale of four families that gained so much fame worldwide. The novel The Gifted School was lively and with a strong theme. This one is with a totally changed theme altogether but the writing style still possess the purity and strength that has been a trade mark of the writer since day one. John Gower one of the top ranks in London is called for a big job in this novel as the police finds sixteen dead bodies on the same place with no clue.
Gower is the only one who knows all the ins and outs of the town and has connections deep rooted in the slums and ghettos of the London city. It seems that the killing is deeply rooted to something quite terrible that might shake the whole kingdom in a single blow. This time it’s about the secrets of the state and the leak can bring havoc in the whole world.
The strange thing that the master detective finds out is that the men are not killed they have been used as lab rats. Someone has used them for experimentation and it means that more deaths could follow unless the criminal or the master mind is arrested as quickly as possible.
The department also appears to be hiding a lot from John because it is not cooperating as it used to do in the past thus the detective is on his own to solve the case and bring the culprit to justice. The narration in done by Simon Vance in the plain fashion of his that is quite likable in all circumstances.
