Synopsis

James Moriarty once enjoyed the quiet life of a professor of mathematics in which his greatest pleasure was working out a proof that baffled his colleagues on the Continent. When an enemy he didn’t know he had forced him out of that comfortable refuge, Moriarty could think of nothing but revenge — until he met the alluring and elusive Angelina Gould.

Angelina had been an actress from early childhood, living on her wits and other people’s willingness to believe in the tales she spun. She beguiled the cream of society across Europe and America, until a crisis threatening her baby brother drew her home to London. In the midst of that maelstrom, she met James Moriarty and knew she had found her match at last.

Together, Professor and Mrs. Moriarty assemble a band of misfits, others who have been cast out, falsely accused, or cruelly treated without recourse or defense. They seek justice where the law can’t — or won’t — protect the victims of the rich and powerful.