(Llegir) [Llibres electronics] A Gentleman's Murder
By Christopher Huang
The year is 1924, and Lieutenant Eric Peterkin, formerly of the Royal
Fusiliers, is a new member of the Britannia?London?s most prestigious
club. It's a family tradition, but an honor he's not sure he quite deserves.
So, when a gentleman's wager ends with one man dead in the vault under
the club, Eric is only too ready to tackle the mystery head on.Eric?s quest
to resolve the murder quickly becomes an investigation of a mysterious
wartime disappearance. It draws him far from the marbled halls of the
Brittania, to the shadowy remains of a dilapidated war hospital to the
heroin dens of Limehouse. Eric faces a Matryoshka doll of murder, vice,
and secrets pointing not only to the officers of his own club but the very
investigator assigned by Scotland Yard.Threatened with expulsion and
dogged by the racist shadows of the Great War, Eric presses on
nonetheless. But can he snare the killer before his own membership
becomes a thing of yesterday?
