From the acclaimed author of 'Descendants of Evil' this second Roger adventure from David James takes us to even darker shades of Victorian underworld. The year after his first successful commissioned assignment from the Prime Minister Gladstone, Sir Roger Evesham is faced with the news of a series of baffling deaths of various eminent personages of the British industry and one Cambridge Professor of Natural History. The deaths, as reported in the newspaper, occur after the victims open an ostensibly innocuous letter. As Gladstone again appoints Roger to solve the mystery Roger finds himself trapped in such situations where survival is only a question of right decision.