East London, 1920. May Keaps is faced with the perplexing case of a man kicked to death by a horse. He has been formally identified, but it seems the man who died may not have been who the coroner thought he was …
Meanwhile, May’s boss asks her to help on a top-secret case involving Irish terrorism and another potential misidentification. This job puts May in the path of great danger more than once; fortunately, she has a well-placed friend in the form of Irish newspaper reporter Jack Cahill, who helps her to understand the intricacies of the Irish Question.
But when Jack returns to Ireland to cope with a family crisis, he is drawn into the war of politics and bullets that rages between the IRA and the British Establishment.
On return to England he sees his Irish connections and May’s English investigations coincide, and as the tale concludes with a final violent showdown, May and Jack are forced to consider their futures.
Trope: Amateur detective, Detectives, Private detective, Whodunnit
