The Doctor of Pimlico: Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime
He saves lives by day. By night, he commands an empire of crime. Dr. Weirmarsh is the picture of Edwardian respectability, a surgeon with rooms on Vauxhall Bridge Road, a fixture of London's medical establishment, feted by society. But beneath this impeccable facade lies a master criminal, the shadowy controller of an international gang whose schemes move with terrifying ingenuity. His weapon is not violence but something far more insidious: hypnotic power over the minds of those around him. General Sir Hugh Elcombe is his willing puppet, his stepdaughter Enid his helpless victim, trapped in psychic bonds she cannot break. Into this web of darkness walks Walter Fetherston, a famous author with secrets of his own, whose encounter with Enid blossoms into a desperate love affair. But can he save her from the Doctor's grip before it's too late? Le Queux delivers a bracing Edwardian thriller that fuses criminal intrigue with psychological suspense, exposing the horror that lurks beneath civilization's polished surface.
