Brand new Available 03/11 Detective and suspect number one: secret alliance in the investigation into the murder of the mayor of London! Al, a London student of Asian origin, feels apart in his adopted family. He prefers to live with a roommate, away from his parents. His ambition is to graduate without making waves... But his life changes when he gets on the subway where the mayor of the city is found murdered! The murder caused a sensation. Ellis, a gruff but competent inspector, is in charge of the case despite having an arm and a leg in plaster. Haunted by the memory of an investigation that went wrong, he is determined never to mistake the culprit again. When Al hears the news, he does not feel concerned: the day before, he went down to his station as usual, without suspecting anything. And yet, he discovers a bloody knife in his coat pocket! It's the moment that Ellis chooses to ring at his door… Has the young man unknowingly become the number one suspect? On the border between manga and noir novel, Lost Lad London renews the detective genre! The author Shima Shinya uses her experience in England to depict a realistic universe where machinations and secrets intertwine...
