Spring 1742 - Dublin David Garrick arrives at the Smock Alley Theatre for the summer season - George Frederick Handel is in town for a momentous performance of his greatest work - and a body is found floating in the River Liffey... Is the dead man a victim of personal tragedy - or a pawn in a greater political game? From the bright-lit theatre to the night-shrouded Dead House - from Dublin's broad new highways to its stinking slums - Will Archer discovers a city awash with sudden violence and divided loyalties where no-one is quite who they seem.