Before the city learned his name, Arthur Bell learned its secrets.

In the fog-choked streets of Victorian London, progress casts long shadows. Smoke coils above the Thames, machinery hums beneath cobblestones, and crime adapts as quickly as the city itself.

In Shadows Along the Thames, a death near the river draws Arthur Bell into a web of labor unrest, hidden motives, and truths buried beneath the city's relentless expansion.

In The Cabinet Murders, a series of brutal killings tied to powerful interests forces Bell to confront how far influence can reach-and how easily justice can be silenced.

These early cases reveal the origins of a detective shaped by industry, corruption, and the dangerous cost of asking the wrong questions in the right places.