
Jim Kaimes, a lanky man with more talk than sense, spends his evenings arguing with his sharp‑tongued wife, Leah, over debts and divorce papers. Their banter, full of crooked metaphors and lingering resentment, hints at a marriage teetering on the brink of ruin. Yet beneath the squabbles lies a restless curiosity that drives Jim to chase a hidden solution to their financial woes.
When a sudden, inexplicable murder rattles their genteel London neighborhood, the couple is drawn into a labyrinth of secret passages and whispered rumors. As they sift through clues, old grudges and new alliances emerge, and a tentative romance flickers amid the danger. The story weaves clever misdirection with vivid period details, promising listeners a tightly plotted mystery that keeps the outcome tantalizingly out of reach.
Language
en
Duration
~13 hours (771K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by Google Books (Harvard University)
Release date
2017-09-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1859–1932
A Victorian-era master of mystery, this prolific novelist helped shape popular detective fiction with twisty plots and shadowy suspects. Best known for creating a huge international sensation with The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, he went on to write well over a hundred novels.
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