Crystal J. (dorolerium) reviewed on 5/17/2013 + 212 more book reviews

Its difficult for me to imagine a time when police work didnt involve fingerprinting and the forensics we have today, but we all know that time existed. The Yard takes us back to that time, with Jack the Ripper fresh in the memory of the public, and a lot of people calling into question the ability of the police.

This novel opens with the discovery of a body in a trunk at a train station. The body belongs to Inspector Little, and no one knows why he is dead, just that it likely has something to do with his work. Without the use of modern technology, even determining what weapon might have been used to kill someone is difficult, let alone tracing down the person who did the killing...

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