Under Lock and Key: A Story. Volume 3 (of 3)
1869
The third and final volume of T.W. Speight's Victorian mystery draws Captain Ducie deeper into peril. Wounded and hiding in London under the assumed name Stonor, Ducie possesses something dangerous: the legendary Great Mogul Diamond. But as he courts Mirpah Van Loal, the beautiful daughter of a diamond merchant, he finds himself entangled in a web of his own making. James Jasmin grows increasingly suspicious of his old friend's secrets, while the shadowy servant Cleon lurks with motives of his own. The stakes are nothing less than life and fortune, as past crimes resurface and hidden identities threaten to crumble under scrutiny. Speight weaves a tale where every conversation conceals, every glance may betray, and the diamond's cursed gleam promises ruin to all who possess it.
