The Richmond Thief

England, 1811. At a carriage stop on the way to London, the newly widowed Lady Althea Trent meets Mr. Read of the Bow Street Runners, England's first detectives. As an amateur scientist hoping for admission to the all-male Royal Society, Althea is intrigued by Read's description of the Richmond Thief-a mysterious criminal stealing jewels from the aristocracy. In London, Althea's host Lady Levanwood becomes the thief's latest victim, and Bow Street is called in to investigate. Given Althea's...