The 1920s, England. A series of gruesome murders is shaking up a peaceful town in the countryside – all of them targeting the scum of public life. The investigation team in charge of this case doesn’t know where to start looking, and when rumours speak about the infamous Serpent Society, that fleeting secret that remains impossible to catch… the temptation is too great to resist. But secrets are everywhere. Why are these public figures getting murdered? What are they hiding? And what if the Serpent Society was everywhere? Including within the police station itself?