In post-Victorian England, nearly everyone of the upper classes has voluntarily become a vampire in order to escape the lowerandamp;#160;classes who are all zombies. Into this simmering cauldron is thrust Chief Inspector George Suttle, a lonely detective whoand#39;s gotandamp;#160;the slowest beat in London: investigating murders in a world where everyone is already dead! When the body of a young aristocratandamp;#160;washes up on the banks of the Thames, Suttleand#39;s quest for the truth will take him from the darkest sewers to the gleamingandamp;#160;halls of power, and reveal the rotten heart at the center of this strange world.