1894. A well-respected academic is found dead in a gentlemens convenience cubicle at the British Museum, the stall locked from the inside. Professor Lance Pickering had been due to give a talk promoting the museums new Age of King Arthur exhibition when he was stabbed repeatedly in the chest. Having forged a strong reputation working alongside the inimitable Inspector Abberline on the Jack the Ripper case, Daniel Wilson is called in to solve the mystery of the locked cubicle murder, and he brings his expertise and archaeologist Abigail Fenton with him.But it isnt long before the museum becomes the site of another fatality and the pair face mounting pressure to deliver results. With enquiries compounded by persistent journalists, local vandals and a fanatical society, Wilson and Fenton face a race against time to salvage the reputation of the museum and catch a murderer desperate for revenge. An intriguing new mystery from a much-loved author. The main character is the detective who led the Jack the Ripper case an intriguing twist on a perennially fascinating subject. The second of three crime books looking behind the scenes at three of Englands most celebrated museums: The Fitzwilliam, The Ashmolean and the British Museum