An anxiety prone exterminator believes vermin are stalking him. Strange sounds from inside his walls. Crawling sensations under the sheets at night. Snide rats heckling him from the shadows. Low on patience and medication, he decides to fight back.
Colonel Russell, before the War, had four sons. Now he has four widowed daughters-in-law. When he’s found murdered at the Britannia Club, Eric finds himself drawn into the intrigues of those left behind when the men go off to fight.
When the newest member of Eric Peterkin’s London club is found stabbed to death, Eric throws himself into a quest for the truth: missing nurses, morphine addiction, shell shock. The Great War is over, but the memories remain...
