Hushed Up! A Mystery of London

The narrative opens with a prominent man's death recorded as natural but suspected by some to have been caused by a poisoned cigar and subsequently covered up. A narrator becomes drawn into the mystery and pursues an investigation that centers on an enigmatic father-and-daughter pair who speak French and on a circle of schemers and witnesses. The plot unfolds through private inquiries, police involvement, revelations of forbidden attachments, contradictory statements, and sudden surprises, with episodes that shift between domestic settings and clandestine encounters before converging on a series of disclosures that uncover the motives and connections behind the secrecy.