Who is the River Phantom?
As Inspector Ben Ross of Scotland Yard walks home one Saturday night in late October 1867, London is shrouded in an impenetrable yellowish fog. Before he gets up in the morning, there's a murdered woman lying in Green Park. Allegra Benedict was the beautiful Italian wife of an art dealer. But what was she doing in London that afternoon, and why was she selling a brooch in the Burlington Arcade shopping arcade just hours before her death?
How much does the terrified Miss Marchwood know? Is there any connection between the murder victim and the charismatic priest Joshua Fawcett? And who - or what - is the River Phantom who hunts prostitutes working on the riverbank on foggy nights?
