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The Silver Cylinder
Paperback
Series: The Elara Vance Chronicles, Book 1
Publisher: E.S.Archer
Published: Aug 5 2026
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
London, 1888. While Scotland Yard hunts the Ripper, another killer is hiding in the fog.
Elara Vance was hired to type police reports-not question them.
But when a routine transcription reveals the same strange silver residue on several dismissed victims, Elara sees a pattern no one else will acknowledge. The trail leads from the phosphorus-poisoned match factories of Bow to a Mayfair photography studio-and to a mysterious silver cylinder built to preserve more than sound.
Using chemistry, typography, and an eye for the details other people overlook, Elara must uncover a murderer who has learned to hide his crimes beneath the city's most notorious terror.
The Yard wants the case forgotten. The killer is preparing one final recording.
The Silver Cylinder is a complete 6,074-word short historical mystery and the first case in The Elara Vance Chronicles. Perfect for readers who enjoy Victorian London, women sleuths, forensic clues, gaslight atmosphere, and dark mysteries.
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