The Bell Rock Mystery

The story opens with WPC Kate Wood sorting through the archives of New Scotland Yard (modern day). She finds a set of notes on a case, the facts of which were never made public… On Christmas Eve 1888 Chief Inspector Herbert Kitchener arrives in an Edinburgh Police Station. He has been sent to reconnoitre the various Locations for Queen Victoria's Christmas Holiday. Whilst in the Station news comes through of a problem at the Bell Rock Lighthouse. The relief keeper has been locked out. The Lighthouse is needed as a beacon for the Royal Yacht arriving later that evening, Kitchener and the relief keeper go to the Rock to investigate. On arrival they find a locked door and inside two dead bodies, the Keeper and the First Mate. The engineer though cannot be found. As Kitchener investigates, the story of how he came to be with the Royal Party unfolds. The engineer appears and the mystery of the dead keepers, Jack the Ripper and an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria's life is revealed.