Ring Of Roses

Ring of Roses is set in London in the 21st century, but it's a London
we wouldn't recognize. The Church rules England with an iron hand but has begun
to lose its grip. Times are tense. Then six high-powered priests are brutally
murdered on the Thames. Samuel Waterhouse, the flamboyant barrister hired to
investigate, soon realizes he is out of his depth. So he hires a hardened
criminal, William Barnett, to assist him. Barnett rams through a delicate web of
conspiracy like an express train through a scout troop's tent. Meanwhile, the
bubonic plague breaks out and thousands are dying. Throughout all this chaos,
Waterhouse and Barnett are treading on the toes of the immensely powerful
figures behind the scenes.