David Langton

When a wealthy industrialist’s son refuses to work to pay off his debts, a cheeky journalist could foil an ingenious fraud plot to steal what's owed.

The lives and fortunes of an aristocratic family and their servants play out amid the social and political upheaval of early 20th-century London.

Though advised by his doctor not to accept more cases, an ill-tempered barrister decides to defend an American accused of murdering an English woman.