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After a month of this, Herr Werner took a razor to his wrists and settled into a bathtub to die.\u201d \u201cThere was no struggle to wrestle the razor away from him, I take it?\u201d \u201cNo. Mr. Ward found him and called for help, all the while trying to stop the bleeding himself with a tourniquet improvised from the belt of his dressing gown.<\/p>\n

Herr Werner was too weak to resist by then, and he became a patient in his own right for a while afterwards. He had a small pistol, which I think he would have used if he possessed the bullets for it; I took that away and did not return it until he left. I also took away his straight razor and suggested he grow out his beard.<\/p>\n

But Mr. Ward visited\u2014against my orders\u2014and provided him with a safety razor he\u2019d got from an American comrade in the War. From that moment, the two were inseparable.\u201d Ward would have felt responsible for Werner. Eric understood that impulse all too well. Avery, meanwhile, had picked up one of the books from the chest of drawers. \u201cThis one\u2019s in English. Edgar Allan Poe, bookmarked at \u2018Ligeia.\u2019\u201d He flipped back to the front and examined the bookplate.<\/p>\n

\u201cEric, look: Karl Josef von Werner. I told you they were the same person.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s still not proof, Avery.\u201d All the same, Eric had to wonder. Had Colonel Russell recognised Werner not simply as an imposter, but as a former German spy? And was that the reason for his sudden interest in Andrew Russell\u2019s death? Avery turned to Dr. Keller. \u201cForgive me if I\u2019m wrong, but doesn\u2019t the \u2018von\u2019 prefix mean some sort of aristocratic background? You\u2019ve been calling him just plain \u2018Werner\u2019 instead of \u2018von Werner\u2019 all this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Keller glanced into the book as Avery held it out, and his mouth twitched. \u201cUnless his family came from a place called Werner. But I will say that we all suspected he was highborn. He spoke in a very precise Hochdeutsch, for one thing, and the accent grew stronger rather than weaker when he drank.\u201d Why was such a man sweeping the floors for an isolated Alpine sanatorium? Eric looked out the window at the wide, open vista beyond.<\/p>\n

The little white buildings of the village blazed in the sun like blocks of salt and sand; from one chapel wall, a towering mural of St. Christopher ushered missionaries on to foreign fields. \u201cWerner\u2019s scar.<\/p>\n

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Praise for Christopher Huang \u201cDelightfully twisty and chilling all at once\u2014murder mysteries are rarely this fun.\u201d \u2014Jonathan Whitelaw, The Sun \u201cHuang\u2019s impressive debut will delight fans of golden age detective fiction.\u201d \u2014Publishers Weekly (starred review) \u201c[A] puzzle worthy of Golden Age detective fiction.\u201d \u2014Library Journal (starred review) \u201cWe hope [this] will be only the first of many Eric Peterkin adventures.\u201d \u2014 Booklist \u201cChristopher Huang\u2019s debut novel, A Gentleman\u2019s Murder, is set in post-First World War England, but incorporates themes\u2014race, the psychic toll of war\u2014 seldom acknowledged in classic mysteries of that era.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Ian McGillis, The Montreal Gazette \u201cA mystery that recalls the best of Golden Age detective fiction.\u201d \u2014Andy Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter \u201cDorothy Sayers is alive and well and writing under the name of Christopher Huang.\u201d \u2014Rhys Bowen, New York Times-bestselling author \u201cA must read for fans of Anthony Horowitz, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry.\u201d \u2014Daryl Maxwell, Los Angeles Public Library \u201cA locked room traditional mystery that does justice to its inspirations, even as it aids in the genre\u2019s continuing evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014CrimeReads A PRETENDER\u2019S MURDER CHRISTOPHER HUANG This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author\u2019s imagination or are used fictitiously. Copyright \u00a9 2026 Christopher Huang All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.<\/p>\n

No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems. Published by Inkshares, Inc., Oakland, California www.inkshares.com Cover design by Tim Barber Edited by Adam Gomolin Interior design by Kevin G. Summers ISBN: 9781950301720 e-ISBN: 9781950301737 First edition Printed in the United States of America CONTENTS Cast of Characters Part One Londinium My Fair Ladies Ulysses Ill Omens The Ides of March Noblesse Oblige Inquest Faith of Our Fathers Part Two Damned If You Do The Barefoot Knight Thomas Harvey The Razor\u2019s Edge Our Glorious Dead Old Wounds The Sleeping Beast The Iron Harvest Part Three That Never Was Job Anastasia Delusion or Deception?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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