Dead Men's Shoes

John Alliston, alias William Torrence loses his fortune in a gamble to double his fortunes. At the same time he is watched and later attached, losing everything-even his real identity. Then he is convicted of killing one of his gambling company.
Eventually he earns his freedom, but his identity in England is covered by another, and his Father is murdered.
Blake takes the solution of this murderer under task from Jack Alliston, grandson and heir apparent to Alliston Hall.