The year is 1716. "Justice Geoffrey Dumont has been found dead at the base of St Paul’s cathedral, and a young male sex-worker, Sam Yates, has been taken into custody for the murder. Yates denies all charges, claiming he had received a message to meet the judge at the exact time of death."
Courtesan Belle St Clair asks Jonas Flynt to investigate. Flynt's boss with the Company of Rogues is also wanting Flynt to look into it but he thinks the security of the nation is at stake.