Naming birds | a novel

“A mistake was made a long time ago. It cannot be repaired, nor has it been forgotten. “There are those who remember him.” London, 1894. Inspector Henry Cutter is in a bad mood. Then the murders begin. The first victim was Sir Aneurin Considine, a long-time and decorated retired civil servant, who was found dead among his beloved collection of orchids, killed by a wound inflicted with surgical precision. Other victims soon meet similar fates. More men in powerful positions; More gruesome, but perfectly staged, murders. The culprit comes and disappears like a ghost, leaving carefully studied traces in his wake. Inspector Cutter, accompanied by his hapless but endlessly enthusiastic assistant, Sergeant Gideon Bliss, pursues this hidden adversary. But as the pressure increases, the victims will begin to emerge as the perpetrators, and the killers as the truth-tellers. Long-hidden shortcomings will come to the fore, and not even themselves will be safe from suspicion.