Willcox Neil Willcox

The Inexplicable Affair of the Mesmerising Russian Nobleman Willcox Neil Willcox

Gentleman adventurer Heinrich von Schneemann has been sent on a mission by his mysterious patron, Lady Glenshire. A quiet country house weekend is disrupted when the host is murdered. Schneemann must find the killer quickly as he is in the unfortunate position of having been burgling the room next door, a dubious alibi at best... Schneemann, repectable if not always respectful, uncovers clues to the perpertrator of several crimes in high society; one Count Andropoff, a rich, well connected occultist who is rumoured to be able to grant the heart's desire of a man (or even a woman). As he closes in on his enemy, will he solve the greatest mystery of all - what does lie in the heart of a man like Schneemann?A comedy crime novel set in 1902, The Inexplicable Affair of the Mesmerising Russian Nobleman pokes outrageous fun at murder mysteries, heists and Edwardian England.