The Riddle of the Night

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Sherlock Holmes fans will find a lot to like in Thomas W. Hanshew’s „The Riddle of the Night”. Thomas W. Hanshew (1857-1914), who also wrote as Charlotte Mary Kingsley, was an American author and actor best known for his stories of Hamilton Cleek, the man of the forty faces, who through his talents for disguise solves crime and mystery in London. He wrote some books in collaboration with his wife, Mary E Hanshew. In it, renowned consulting detective Hamilton Cleek is faced with a puzzling set of facts. A gruesome murder that transpired in the dark of night is accompanied by the scantest of clues, including a set of scrawled numbers and a scrap of paper. Can Cleek get to the bottom of this confounding case?