Paraic O'Donnell Books in Order

After his employer kills a man on an English estate, butler Eustace attempts to contain the consequences. Mr. Crowe’s connection to a secret order and his young ward Clara’s hidden gifts draw them into a reckoning with extraordinary powers.

In 1893 London, a seamstress’s death and a message stitched into her skin raise disturbing questions about missing girls. Inspector Cutter, aspiring investigator Gideon Bliss, and journalist Octavia Hillingdon follow the mystery toward a sinister country house.

A series of precisely orchestrated murders leaves Inspector Cutter increasingly withdrawn, while Sergeant Bliss struggles to understand his methods. Assisted by journalist Octavia Hillingdon, Bliss investigates hints of old wrongdoing that may explain both the crimes and Cutter’s troubling behavior.