Third Volume

When a bestselling novel replicates a twenty-five-year-old murder in exact detail, two friends must unravel a mystery that has haunted one family since childhood. Spencer Tait eagerly anticipates reading 'A Whim of Fate,' but his friend Claude Larcher confronts something far more personal: the novel describes the brutal killing of his father, Georges, an unsolved crime that has defined his entire life. What begins as skepticism about coincidence becomes an obsession with uncovering the truth behind a murder everyone else has forgotten. As they dig through decaying evidence, conflicting motives, and a list of suspects grown comfortable in their secrets, the trail grows more tangled. The clock is ticking for Claude, whose own future hangs in the balance. Hume crafts a labyrinthine puzzle where nothing is as it seems and everyone has something to hide. This is Victorian mystery at its most devious: a story about the weight of the past and the dangerous question of whether some secrets deserve to stay buried.