Gaslight City is a place of fog and fire, where every lamp burns against the hunger of the dark—and every shadow hides a secret. When bodies begin appearing on Lantern Street, their tongues cut out and their blood marking the walls, Inspector Arden and investigator Vale are drawn into a mystery that threatens the city's very soul. Each murder is more than a crime—it is a sermon, preached by a prophet who calls himself Jonathan Hale, a man believed long dead. Hale's creed spreads faster than fire: Safe by day. Death by night. From the tunnels beneath the market to the spire of the great Cathedral, his followers carry kegs of powder and scraps of scripture, determined to burn the city clean. As the lamps go out one by one, Arden, Vale, and their unlikely ally Mags must fight not only a killer but a movement—a faith built on silence and blood. Dark, atmospheric, and nail-biting, The Lantern Street Murders is the first book in the Gaslight City Mystery series, a tale of trust and betrayal, justice and vengeance, and the thin line between light and shadow.