Robert J. Lloyd Books in Order

In Restoration London, experimental scientist Robert Hooke and assistant Harry Hunt investigate a boy found drained of blood. Amid fears of Catholic plots and court intrigue, they seek physical evidence that can explain the murder without surrendering to public hysteria.

A skeleton uncovered in Norfolk reveals that a court figure has died while an impostor continues using his identity. Harry Hunt follows the deception to Paris and back, uncovering a conspiracy aimed at England’s queen and her Catholic household.

Harry Hunt investigates the kidnapping and murder of wealthy young women in a London divided by succession rumours. When he is accused himself, scientific reasoning and a disturbing connection to Bedlam become his best chance of clearing his name.