Diese Serie entführt Sie ins London des Jahres 1915, während der Erste Weltkrieg Europa in seinen Schatten hüllt. Begleiten Sie Inspektor Harvey Marmion und Sergeant Joe Keedy, die sich durch die schmutzigen Straßen der Stadt navigieren und komplexe Fälle aufdecken. Jede Folge bietet spannende Ermittlungen vor dem Hintergrund von Kriegsängsten und gesellschaftlichen Umwälzungen. Es ist eine fesselnde Mischung aus historischem Setting und packenden Kriminalfällen.
In June 1916, a young woman named Charlotte Reid is found murdered in a cinema. Harvery Marmion and Joe Keedy are assigned the task of finding the killer who so elusively fled in the dark. Before long, two more victims, of striking similarity but differing backgrounds, are found dead around the city. Meanwhile, miles from home, Marmion's son Paul prepares for life on the front line as he marches towards the Battle of the Somme.
Pentonville Prison. Wally Hubbard is serving a long sentence for arson. But after befriending and tricking one of the officers, Hubbard makes an audacious escape. Inspector Marmion, the detective who arrested Hubbard, is warned to watch his back, but it seems that Hubbard has another target in his murderous sights.
June, 1917. While another daylight air raid batters London, the body of respected businessman Gilbert Donohoe is fished from the Thames. Inspector Marmion struggles with the murder case alongside his anxieties for his now- missing son, Paul, but the pressure increases when the Metropolitan Police are the target of a series of vicious press attacks.
1917. When a dead body is found in the exclusive Lotus Hotel, Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy must dig into the past to solve the crime.