The Assassination Bureau

In 1908 London, the city is abuzz with the sounds of horse-drawn carriages and the whispers of revolution in the air. Women's rights are slowly gaining momentum, and the streets are filled with determined individuals fighting for change. Amidst this backdrop of social upheaval, a charismatic women's rights campaigner, Iris Cummings, navigates the treacherous landscape of politics and morality. Iris has always been driven by a desire to make the world a better place, and her passion has earned her a reputation as a force to be reckoned with. She is well-respected among her peers, but little does she know that she is about to stumble upon a secret that will challenge everything she thought she knew about justice and morality. While researching a new case, Iris stumbles upon a mysterious organization known as the Assassination Bureau Limited (A.B.L.). The A.B.L. is a clandestine group that has been quietly taking lives for the greater good, and Iris is both fascinated and appalled by their motives. The organization sees themselves as instruments of justice, eliminating targets who have escaped the law or those who have been deemed guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. As Iris delves deeper into the A.B.L.'s activities, she begins to question their motives and the morality of taking lives, no matter how just the cause may seem. She becomes increasingly convinced that the A.B.L. has lost its way and is now more focused on personal gain than the greater good. Convinced that the organization has become corrupted, Iris commissions the A.B.L. to assassinate its chairman, Owen Hillard, who she believes is at the heart of the organization's moral decay. However, what Iris doesn't know is that Hillard has been aware of her investigation and has grown increasingly concerned about the organization's direction under his leadership. Fearing that his colleagues will turn on him, he decides to use her challenge as a chance to prove that the A.B.L. still operates on a moral code. Hillard presents his colleagues with a stark choice: either they kill him or be willing to be killed themselves. The A.B.L.'s board members are torn, with some still adhering to the organization's original principles and others who have become increasingly seduced by the promise of wealth and power. As the game of cat and mouse unfolds, Iris finds herself unwittingly caught in the crossfire. The A.B.L.'s assassins are hot on her trail, determined to eliminate her before she can expose their organization's corrupt motives. Meanwhile, Hillard's colleagues are frantically trying to figure out a way to kill him without sacrificing their own lives. In the midst of this treacherous landscape, Iris's investigation becomes a test of wits and morality. Should she trust the A.B.L.'s original principles or accept that they have been corrupted by power? As the stakes grow higher, Iris is forced to confront the gray areas between justice and morality, and the consequences of her actions. In the end, the A.B.L.'s chairman and his colleagues must confront their own dark impulses and the true cost of their actions. Will they find a way to reclaim their moral code, or will they succumb to the allure of power and wealth? Iris's investigation sets off a chain of events that will challenge everything she thought she knew about the world, and the A.B.L.'s board members must face the consequences of their actions in this thrilling tale of moral ambiguity and the blurred lines between good and evil.