The Shrouded Gentleman, (Hardcover)

<p>It was a simple choice: The stranger or the hangman. On the eve of "Dr." William Johnson's execution, a rough, mysterious man comes to Newgate Prison demanding his release. The stranger calls himself Detective Coombs. He claims Johnson is his assistant and helped him solve a murder case. Even though they've never met, Johnson chooses the lie over the rope.</p><p></p><p>Egged on by the voice of his long-dead twin brother, Johnson throws his lot in with Coombs, a man who sees solutions to murders that no one else can - solutions that fly in the face of observed reality but turn out to be true. During an investigation at a vicarage deep in the moors, a confrontation goes violently wrong, leaving Johnson clinging to life and with one final choice, this one offered by the voice that may not be his dead brother after all.</p><p></p><p>"The Shrouded Gentleman" is a murder mystery novel set primarily in Victorian England in 1884, filled with dark humor, bloody murders, demons, autopsies, and supernatural forces.</p>

• The Shrouded Gentleman, (Hardcover)
• Author: Kdb Mysteries
• ISBN: 9798994582503
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-01-14
• Page Count: 330