The Herapath Property

Jacob Herapath—parliamentarian, eccentric inventor, and owner of a cutting‑edge London flat estate—has vanished without a trace. His new secretary, Selwood, is summoned early one November morning by a trembling butler, Kitteridge, who reports that Herapath’s night‑time tray is untouched and his bed remains unslept. The house is a showcase of modern comforts, yet the missing businessman leaves only a half‑drunk glass of whiskey and a perplexing lack of any note. Selwood’s first task is to piece together the strange testimony of a butler, a coachman, and a valet, all of whom swear they saw Herapath return home just after midnight.

The quiet corridors of the Portman Square townhouse become a puzzle of habit and anomaly. As the electric light casts a cold glare on the empty study, clues emerge—a fresh tray, a missing coat, an unmade bed—that suggest the disappearance is anything but ordinary. Listeners are pulled into a tightly wound London mystery, where social standing, obsessive inventions, and the precise routines of servants clash with an unsettling, unanswered question: where did Jacob Herapath really go?