Inspector george gently is one of the few good men at scotland yard his sense of public duty an increasingly rare commodity in a police force where corruption is rife and unchecked but his relentless pursuit of notorious gangsters such as joe webster phil davis bleak house leads to the murder of gentlys beloved wife isabella a killing arranged by webster himself in an act of revenge upon gently when a grieving gently learns of the murder of a young biker johnny lister christian cooke