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At the public execution of the anarchist assassin Laurent Moreau, the outgoing Chief Inspector warns his protégé, the newly promoted Lefebvre: ""I've heard that some of Moreau's cronies have sworn revenge. You don't want to get killed your first week as chief."" Meanwhile, Lefebvre is charged with investigating the disappearance of the Baron de Livet, a brash millionaire with connections to Russian spies and a history of gambling, womanizing, and fighting in duels. The case is more complicated than it seems, of course, and Lefebvre and his team must make sense of a poisoned maid, an unidentifiable stagecoach, and a missing briefcase full of cash. The Baron's connection to the world of international espionage means that, if the Inspector isn't fast enough, the Baron's disappearance might trigger a war. And Lefebvre mustn't forget those stalking anarchists who are out for his blood, as he searches for the man who wasn't there...

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Gary Inbinder is the author of The Devil in Montmartre and The Hanged Man, and his fiction, articles, and essays have appeared in Bewildering Stories, Halfway Down the Stairs, The Absent Willow Review, Morpheus Tales, Litsnack, Touchstone Magazine, and other publications. A member of both the Historical Novel Society and the Bewildering Stories Editorial Review Board, he lives in Woodland Hills, California. Piers Hampton is an experienced narrator and actor who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has narrated over fifty audiobooks and is a founding member of Theatre Havoc. The winner of the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award in 2009, he's frequently seen performing with the world-renowned Natural Theatre Company.

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