February 1870.

Inspector Drewes of the Dawfield police force is spending an uninteresting evening at his desk.

Uninteresting, that is, until he gets a visit from his former constable, Withers, who has just heard an intriguing deathbed confession given by a notorious thief.

The confession sparks a huge investigation and Inspector Drewes finds himself at the helm, capably assisted by Withers, who proves a master of disguise.

They discover that three possible murders and a spate of thefts have gone unsolved by the police. They need to find the perpetrator - and fast.

Things only get more difficult for Drewes when it turns our that the thief has targeted his own family: an heirloom necklace passed down from his mother has gone missing.

Drewes’ investigations take him from the high-society parties of the era to the servants’ quarters of the houses they are held in, as he leaves no stone unturned – and no method of investigation untried – in his quest to solve this most complex and fascinating of cases…

‘His Last Confession’ is a brilliant re-imagining of the classic Victorian detective story that will captivate readers from the first page to the last.