Richard Quarry
Lord Under London
A methane explosion in the London sewers spews forth a much-mangled body. Entangled in the scraps of clothing still clinging to the bones, Detective Inspector Nat Frayne finds an ancient Hunter watch. It identifies the corpse as an aristocrat who disappeared in mysterious circumstances.
Ninety years ago.
The suspected killer? The victim’s younger brother, who inherited the estate.
When a spectacular litigation erupts between the two branches of the family, the brass tell Frayne to solve the nearly century-old case. At once.
At least by now he has more bodies to work with. Fresh-killed this time. Only to solve this case, he must descend into the literal London underground.