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London, 1927. Frederick Rowlands, a First World War veteran who was blinded at Ypres, is working as a switchboard operator in the City when an over-heard telephone conversation draws him into a murder case. From then on, his safe and conventional life, painstakingly reconstructed after the horrors he experienced in the trenches, is shaken to its very foundation. As Fred is drawn deeper into a web of lies and half-truths, he must rely on his remaining senses, as well as his remarkable memory, to uncover the shocking truth about the murder which threatens to undermine everything he holds dear.

It's Prohibition. It's Philadelphia. And Jersey Leo doesn't fit in. Jersey is an albino of mixed race. Known as "Snowball" on the street, he tends bar at a speakeasy the locals call the Ink Well. There, he's considered a hero for having saved the life of a young boy. But when his old grade school buddy, Aaron Garvey, calls from death row and asks for one last favor, all hell breaks loose. Jersey finds himself running from a band of crooked cop and hiding an escaped convict in the Ink Well....

March, 1944: US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R, and also a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle doesn't get to kick back and enjoy his leisure time because two upsetting cases fall into his lap at once.

When the truth lies out of sight... West Wales, 1850. When an old tree root is dug up, the remains of a young woman are found. Harry Probert-Lloyd, a young barrister forced home from London by encroaching blindness, has been dreading this discovery. He knows exactly whose bones they are. Working with his clerk, John Davies, Harry is determined to expose the guilty. But the investigation turns up more questions than answers and raises long-buried secrets. The search for the truth will prove costly.

Wayne McLair ist verzweifelt an der neuesten Botschaft seines anonymen Helfers. Auf der Suche nach Antworten folgen McLair und Quinn einer Spur in das schwarze Herz von Smokestack und suchen die blinde Uhrmacherin Belinda Lloyd auf. Zur gleichen Zeit präsentiert die Ingenieurin Eve Compton ihrem Vater Solomon eine Erfindung, die den Verlauf der Menschheitsgeschichte verändern könnte. Der Sektenführer ist mehr als zufrieden, seine Pläne nehmen langsam Gestalt an.

Wayne McLair ist verzweifelt an der neuesten Botschaft seines anonymen Helfers. Auf der Suche nach Antworten folgen McLair und Quinn einer Spur in das schwarze Herz von Smokestack und suchen die blinde Uhrmacherin Belinda Lloyd auf. Zur gleichen Zeit präsentiert die Ingenieurin Eve Compton ihrem Vater Solomon eine Erfindung, die den Verlauf der Menschheitsgeschichte verändern könnte. Der Sektenführer ist mehr als zufrieden, seine Pläne nehmen langsam Gestalt an.