Ashton-Kirk, Investigator

Step into the bustling, gaslit world of early 20th-century Philadelphia with Ashton-Kirk, a youthful investigator whose scientific mind rivals that of Sherlock Holmes. When heiress Edyth Vale seeks his help regarding her fiancé's mysterious business entanglements, Ashton-Kirk finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue surrounding a numismatist named Hume. Before he can even question the man, Hume is found dead, a bayonet chillingly protruding from his chest. With a sprawling cast of potential culprits and motives, Ashton-Kirk must meticulously piece together the clues, often operating several intellectual leaps ahead of both the police and the reader.