In Victorian Liverpool, the Transatlantic Span, a bridge connecting England to New York, looms over the city, a hulking monument to human excellence and arrogance. As crews scramble to complete the bridge in time for Her Majesty’s dedication ceremony, a sinister plot boils to the surface with the discovery of a corpse with its face cut off on the banks of the River Mersey. Inspector Langton, despondent over the death of his wife Sarah a few months prior, is assigned the case. At first, Langton thinks he could use the case both as a distraction from mourning his wife as well as a way to get back in his Chief’s good graces for his recent poor performance, but it quickly becomes clear that there is a lot more going on than meets the eye.
[“I am sorry to tell you this, but your wife is beyond our help”]