The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Audiobook (Free)

In this captivating, witty, and weird fantasy novel, Alexis Hall pays homage to Sherlock Holmes with a fresh twist on those renowned character types.

Upon returning to the town of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting with each other a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham sees himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 221b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is normally Miss Shaharazad Haas, a consulting sorceress of mercurial character and dark reputation.

When Miss Haas is about The Affair from the Mysterious Letter enlisted to resolve a case of blackmail against one of her former enthusiasts, Miss Eirene Viola, Captain Wyndham finds himself drawn right into a mystery that leads him from the salons of the literary arranged to the drowned back-alleys of Ven as well as to a prison cell in dropped Carcosa. On the way he is beset by criminals, menaced by pirates, molested by vampires, almost devoured by mad gods, and called upon to punch a shark.

But the further the companions move in pursuit of the elusive blackmailer, the more impossible the case appears. On the other hand, in Khelathra-Ven the truth is flexible, and the impossible is normally Miss Haas’ stock-in-trade.