Tato série vás zavede do Londýna roku 1915, kdy Evropa čelí hrůzám první světové války. Sledujte detektivy Insp. Marmiona a Sgt. Keedyho, jak se proplétají temnými uličkami města a řeší případy, které odhalují lidské drama na pozadí válečného konfliktu. Každý díl nabízí napínavé vyšetřování a pohled na život v době velkých změn a nejistoty.
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.