The Cipher of the Caledonian Express: A Gilbert Chesterton Mystery - Softcover

Lutz, Thomas M.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798188890605

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Sometimes, the most dazzling journeys hide the darkest secrets. Gilbert Chesterton, journalist and creator of the priest detective Father Brown, boards the luxurious Grand Caledonian Express hoping for a peaceful retreat into the Scottish Highlands. Instead, he finds himself embroiled in a baffling murder when esteemed botanist Dr. David Douglas is found dead, a single wilting thistle clutched in his hand. The local constabulary quickly pegs an obvious suspect, but Chesterton knows better. The world, he believes, is far more complex than it appears, and the simplest explanation is rarely the truest. As the train snakes through breathtaking landscapes, Chesterton observes his fellow passengers – an opera singer, a logician, a governess, an industrialist – each a potential thread in a tapestry of deceit. Every conversation, every seemingly trivial detail, begins to reveal the hidden evils and moral compromises that bind these disparate lives. With his uncanny knack for dissecting human nature and a tendency to be underestimated, Chesterton delves into the contradictory clues, unearthing a motive that defies conventional understanding of right and wrong. He must unmask the true culprit before the train reaches its final destination, not just to solve a crime, but to illuminate a profound truth about human fallibility. Can Chesterton expose the shadow lurking beneath the gilded façade and perhaps, offer a glimmer of redemption to a soul lost in the dark?

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798188890605
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 92
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