In 1882 Philadelphia, the Gilded Age’s splendor masks a toxic industrial wasteland. When a sexton vanishes from a West Philadelphia potter’s field, private inquirer Henry Caldwell is drawn into the city’s murky underworld. His investigation leads from the reeking banks of the Delaware River to a series of brutal murders and a ruthless body-snatching duo—all connected by a single lost pocket watch. In this city shaped—and scarred— by the industrial revolution," Caldwell discovers that greed and deception have a body count, proving that even the best intentions can be undone.