Murder in Grub Street

The story unfolds around a gruesome murder of a Grub Street printer and his family, alongside two apprentices, all killed in their sleep within a locked building. The main suspect, a deranged poet found at the scene with a bloody axe, seems to provide a straightforward resolution to the crime. However, as the investigation progresses, the complexities of justice and the darker undercurrents of society are revealed, challenging the initial assumptions about guilt and innocence.