After exposing the anti-state Whitechapel conspiracy, Thomas Pitt managed to regain his good name and the position of superintendent. But... not for long. The all-powerful secret organization “Narrow Circle” has not stopped pursuing the annoying detective. Pitt is again transferred to serve in political investigation. Now he must investigate the very strange murder of a female medium who was strangled in her home on Southampton Row. But something is clearly wrong with this case...