The Pennington Perplexity

In a city gripped by fear, some deaths go unquestioned—and some secrets are worth killing for.

London, 1888

Detective Byron Constantine wakes each morning with no memory of the day before. Amnesia has stolen four years of his life and sleep erases each day since. He survives on notes written to himself, piecing together his identity and cases from fragments.

When artist Mira Blayse sketches a stranger in a café, she doesn't realize she's found the one man who might uncover the truth behind her parents' suspicious deaths—deaths she's convinced were murder, not accident.

Assuming the role of his secretary, her sharp eye for detail bridges the gaps in his memory. Together, they might actually solve the unsolvable. Assuming she can convince him to trust her each morning.

With Scotland Yard consumed by the Whitechapel murders, they bring Byron and Mira a case no one else has time for: airship operator Clement Pennington, found dead from an apparent suicide. But Mira sees what others miss, and Byron's deductive genius finds the patterns. Pennington didn't kill himself—he was silenced.

What begins as a single suspicious death unravels into a smuggling operation with roots far deeper than murder. Someone powerful wants it buried. Mira's apartment is ransacked. Threatening notes arrive. They're being watched. And if they're not careful, history will repeat itself.

The closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous the game becomes. In a city where asking the wrong questions gets you killed, solving this case might cost them everything.

The first in a gripping gaslight mystery series featuring an unforgettable detective duo. Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Victorian intrigue.