Gareth Rubin

1880s England. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island – Turnglass House – believes he is being poisoned....

Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds. George wants them to find out why the audience who comes to see him perform every night are the same people, only wearing disguises....

February, 1944. A bitter winter grips occupied France, where Marc Reece leads a circuit of British agents risking their lives in order to sabotage the German war effort from within....

Deux histoires, deux époques, deux lectures, pour une histoire à énigme palpitante. Côté pile : Angleterre, 1881. Simeon Lee, un jeune médecin londonien, se rend sur l'île de Ray, au large de l'Essex, à la demande de son oncle, Oliver Hawes. Ce dernier, gravement malade, est persuadé d'avoir été...

Ein kriminalistisches Abenteuer auf den Spuren Arthur Conan Doyles. London, 1889: Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von einem jungen Schauspieler engagiert, um einem seltsamen Fall nachzugehen. Zu seinen Aufführungen kommen jeden Tag dieselben Zuschauer – jedoch immer in anderen ...

Inghilterra, 1881. "Turnglass House ha sempre avuto qualcosa di corrotto e maligno." Questo è tutto ciò che il giovane medico Simeon Lee sa quando arriva...

California, 1939 Quella dello squattrinato Ken Kourian è una vita divisa tra provini cinematografici e lavoro in un giornale, finché incontra Oliver Tooke...

A story about stories within stories as four interconnected mysteries take the reader through the ages, from Shakespeare’s day to a 19th century Gothic former Priory, to 1920s Venice, and finally to 1940s California, from the internationally bestselling author of The Turnglass.