1895: Londres esta asustado. Un asesino esta al acecho en las calles de la ciudad. Los pobres estan hambrientos; los jefes del crimen estan tomando el control; la fuerza policial esta a punto de colapsar.

Mientras los ricos buscan a Sherlock Holmes, el famoso detective privado raramente visita las calles sobrepobladas del sur de Londres, donde los crimenes son peores y la gente es mas pobre.

En un oscuro rincon de Southwark, las victimas recurren a un hombre que desprecia a Holmes, a su clientela adinerada y a su alardeante enfoque forense hacia el crimen: Arrowood, psicologo autodidacta, borracho ocasional e investigador privado.

Cuando un hombre desaparece misteriosamente y la pista clave de Arrowood es brutalmente apunalada ante sus ojos, el y su companero Barnett enfrentan su investigacion mas dificil hasta ahora: capturar al jefe de la pandilla mas peligrosa de Londres… En la tradicion best seller de Anthony Horowitz y Andrew Taylor, este crimen gloriosamente oscuro perseguira a los lectores mucho tiempo despues de haber leido la ultima pagina.

1895

London is scared. A killer haunts the city’s streets; the poor are hungry; crime bosses are taking control; the police force is stretched to the breaking point.

The rich turn to Sherlock Holmes, but the celebrated private detective rarely visits the densely populated streets of South London, where the crimes are sleazier and the people are poorer.

In the dark corner of Southwark, victims turn to a man who despises Holmes, his wealthy clientele and his showy forensic approach to crime: Arrowoodself-taught psychologist, occasional drunkard and private investigator.

When a man mysteriously disappears and Arrowood’s best lead is viciously stabbed before his eyes, he and his sidekick Barnett face their toughest quest yet: to capture the head of the most notorious gang in London

In the bestselling tradition of Anthony Horowitz and Andrew Taylor, this gloriously dark crime debut will haunt readers long after the final page has been turned.

Where Evil Lies Buried
1896: Sherlock Holmes has once again hit the headlines, solving mysteries for the cream of aristocracy. But among the workhouses and pudding shops of South London, private detective William Arrowood is presented with far grittier, more violent and considerably less well-paid cases. Arrowood has no doubt who is the better detective, and when Mr. and Mrs. Barclay engage him to find their estranged daughter, Birdie, he’s sure it won’t be long before he and his assistant, Barnett, have tracked her down.
But this seemingly simple missing-person case soon turns into a murder investigation. Far from the comfort of Baker Street, Arrowood’s London is a city of unrelenting cruelty, where evil is waiting to be uncovered…