Alfred Hawthorne, London’s famous detective, never imagined he would become the center of the most dangerous case of his career. When a bride mysteriously dies at a blood-red wedding, leaving behind nothing but a white feather, a deadly game spanning ten years quietly begins. A museum’s sapphire vanishes without a trace, Jack the Ripper returns to London, and a ghost ship brings lost souls back from the dead... Every case points to a mysterious organization called the “White Dove,” as well as Hawthorne’s own shattered childhood memories.
As his investigation deepens, Hawthorne discovers that all the victims have one thing in common: they are connected to the dark past of St. Mary’s Orphanage. Even more terrifying, every crime scene contains a code that only he can decipher. When the final clue leads to the orphanage’s basement, a truth that overturns everything he knows awaits him: did he solve the puzzle, or was he himself part of it all along?
When a detective becomes a crucial piece in a murder case, and a pursuer discovers his hands are stained with blood, this trial carried out in the name of justice will ultimately end with the judge himself on trial.
