Lawless and the Devil of Euston Square

It is 1859, and novice detective Campbell Lawless has just arrived in London. He is summoned to the scene of a deadly act of sabotage at Euston Station by the illustrious Inspector Wardle. Wardle believes that the man found dead amidst his handiwork is the culprit, but Lawless is not so sure. So begins his hunt for elusive revolutionary Berwick Skelton. Aided by a gang of street urchins and a vivacious librarian, Lawless must capture his underworld nemesis before Skelton unleashes his final vengeance…“Sutton’s superior plotting, characterization, and pacing makes the pages fly . . . brings Victorian England vividly to life.
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“First-rate Victorian crime fiction.”
—The Herald

“William Sutton's first novel is fine, extravagant and thoroughly enjoyable . . . The action moves with dizzying speed from the highest quarters in the land to the vilest slums and low dives of the teeming city . . . We are told that William Sutton is now at work on another Campbell Lawless mystery. If he can maintain this standard of invention, this mastery of linguistic tone, he is on to a winner.”
—Allan Massie, The ScotsmanWilliam Sutton comes from Dunblane, Scotland. He has written for The Times and the Fortean Times, acted in the longest play in the world, and played cricket for Brazil. He writes for international magazines about language, music and futurology. His plays have been produced on radio and in London fringe theatres. He has performed at events from the Edinburgh Festival to High Down Prison, often wielding a ukulele.