The great Skene mystery

A thick February fog rolls over the streets of Clapham, threading its way through pubs and alleyways before settling on the grimy common beyond. In this murky world lies White Square, a slum teeming with thieves, harlots and the desperate, where law enforcement barely reaches. Amid the squalor lives Mother Carey, a one‑eyed matriarch who has clawed her way into a modest tenement and now plots to enrich herself through blackmail and intrigue.

Carey’s latest scheme centers on the elusive Mark Dalston, a man whose promises and loyalties are as shadowy as the fog that cloaks the city. As she prepares to draw him into her latest ploy, the stage is set for a classic early‑20th‑century mystery, full of cunning characters and hidden motives. Listeners will be drawn into a world where every whispered promise may hide a dangerous secret.