The body of an unknown woman is found and it is labeled as a random act of violence, until that is Detective Constable Faro finds a playing card, the nine of diamonds, underneath the corpse. While his
The year is 1861 and Inspector Faro's rest is disrupted when he is given a special assignment by old friend, Detective Superintendent Macfie. Macfie’s cousin-in-law, a champion swimmer, has drowned in