The Riddle of the Night

Sherlock Holmes fans will find a lot to like in Thomas W. Hanshews The Riddle of the Night.

• Thomas W.

• He wrote some books in collaboration with his wife, Mary E Hanshew.
• In it, renowned consulting detective Hamilton Cleek is faced with a puzzling set of facts.

Hanshew (1857-1914), who also wrote as Charlotte Mary Kingsley, was an American author and actor best known for his stories of Hamilton Cleek, the man of the forty faces, who through his talents for disguise solves crime and mystery in London. A gruesome murder that transpired in the dark of night is accompanied by the scantest of clues, including a set of scrawled numbers and a scrap of paper.

• Can Cleek get to the bottom of this confounding case?