Hidden Foes

A body discovered in a second-floor corridor of the Wilton Hotel. The victim: Gaston Todd, identified quickly, his death seemingly tied to a bitter feud with a rival for the hand of society belle Edna Thurlow. The case has all the hallmarks of a love affair turned fatal, the kind of messy romantic entanglement that stains high society's polished surface. But Nick Carter, America's greatest detective, knows that appearances lie. What begins as an open-and-shut case of jealousy and passion conceals something far more intricate, a web of secrets that reaches beyond the parlor rooms and into darker territory. Carter must navigate the deceits of the elite, where everyone has something to hide and no one can be trusted. This is turn-of-the-century detective fiction at its purest: witty, propulsive, and fatally fashionable.