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The Ink Stain Conspiracy: The Whitethorne Files, Book 1
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 9 2025
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
London, 1874. A missing man. A ledger marked suppressed. And a mystery written in a ledger - not only in ink, but in what was deliberately left blank.
When Seraphina Wickthorne and Dorcas Penhallow take on the case of a missing man, their investigation leads them deep into the hidden networks of Fleet Street: printshops, broadsides, and notices where secrets are buried in plain sight. Each clue - a reversed playbill, a ledger fragment, along with pamphlets and handbills secretly passed to them- pulls the two friends closer to a conspiracy that trades in names, reputations, and power.
But this is no ordinary Victorian mystery. Inside The Ink Stain Conspiracy, you'll also find immersive casebook pages - facsimile artifacts, Seraphina's and Dorcas's marginalia, and glossary notes on Victorian print culture. These additions invite readers to step into the investigation, piecing together clues alongside the heroines themselves. Readers can feel as if they are at the desk beside Seraphina, paging through ink-stained scraps and testing their own deductions.Perfect for fans of literary historical mysteries and investigative fiction, this hybrid reading experience combines the atmospheric tension of the Victorian Era with the hands-on appeal of a detective's personal casebook.
❧ A Victorian mystery you don't just read - you investigate.
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