The dark eyes of London

Inspector Larry Holt leans back in a Paris café, savoring the crisp spring air while the boulevards bustle with taxis, market stalls, and the chatter of strangers. After years of restless investigations across Europe, Holt pauses his climb within Scotland Yard to relish a rare moment of peace, his keen eyes still missing nothing. The tranquil scene shatters when a flamboyantly dressed gambler named Flash Fred appears, his diamonds flashing like a warning sign in the sun.

Fred claims he’s “going straight,” yet Holt senses a far more dangerous game, one that drags a gang of blind giants through London’s darkest alleys. A fresh murder in Montpellier looms, suggesting the killer’s trail may soon intersect Holt’s own investigations. Listeners are invited into a world of elegant cafés, shadowed conspiracies, and a detective who must decide whether to chase a familiar foe or let the city’s hidden predators remain unseen.