Lambeth, South London, 1894. Meet the New Cut Gang, Sharky Bob, Benny, Thunderbolt, Bridie and the Peretti twins: the greatest detectives since Sexton Blake. They inhabit the streets around Lambeth Walk and the New Cut in London, a place bristling with gangsters, bookies, pickpockets, horse thieves and the occasional policeman. Who's stolen the Worshipful Company of Gas-Fitters' silver? With a little help from some colourful (and not always willing) accomplices, our heroes are soon blazing hot on the criminals' trail.