Double Trouble; Or, Every Hero His Own Villain

A confident young banker named Florian Amidon lives a comfortably respectable life in the quiet town of Hazelhurst, yet his world tilts on its axis the moment a striking, almost incandescent woman appears, her presence described as a “fiery comet of femininity.” Their brief encounter awakens a curiosity that pulls him into a swirl of intrigue, where art, literature, and the occult begin to intersect with his orderly existence.

Around him gather an eccentric cast: a seasoned judge, an enigmatic occultist named Madame le Claire, a German scientist father, and a host of society figures whose lives are tangled in the secret rituals of the A.O.C.M. As Florian navigates proposals, misunderstandings, and the pull of dual identities, he discovers that every hero may also be his own villain, and that the line between respectable ambition and reckless adventure is thinner than he imagined.

The novel blends witty social satire with a touch of the supernatural, painting early‑twentieth‑century America in lively, humorous detail. Listeners will enjoy the charmingly tangled relationships and the playful tension between order and the alluring chaos that begins to unfold.