Whispers in the Dark
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MatureOngoing4h 53m
Last published Wed, Feb 12, 2025
Meet Augustus Hale. Six-and-thirty, give or take, and a private detective who knows his way around the smoke-filled corners of London. A Great War veteran, though he won't speak of it - those memories are locked up tighter than a vault. Hale's a man of few words, fewer friends, and too many vices he just can't shake. Whiskey, cigarettes, and a knack for finding trouble seem to be his constant companions. Now, he's tangled in a case that's dragging him deeper into the shadows, the kind where the light barely reaches. And Hale? Well, try as he may to avoid it, he knows he has to wander in, even when he knows there might not be a way back out.
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