β Olivier Bosman
π Fiction
π
2015
π Rocket Man Press
π English
β 135 KB
β¦ LIBER β¦
The Ornamental Hermit
β Scribed by Olivier Bosman
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The year is 1890. Detective Sergeant John is an honest and hard working man who has risen swiftly through the ranks to become one of Scotland Yard's youngest detectives. But in his private life he struggles with the demons of loneliness and morphine addiction.
While Scotland Yard is in the midst of foiling a Russian counterfeiting operation, Billings is asked to investigate the cold blooded murder of Lord Palmer. The main suspect is a rough looking vagrant called Brendan Lochrane who was employed by Lord Palmer to live as an 'ornamental hermit' in a grotto in his estate. When Billings visits Lochrane in his holding cell, he is moved by the look in the man's eyes. This is not the 'Wild Man' the press have made him out to be. Lochrane is mute, docile and unresponsive. A gut feeling leads Billings to suspect that the man is being framed. But who is framing him? And why?
Billings travels the length and breadth of Britain investigating the case. As he pieces together the...
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