The Circular Study

A seasoned detective is roused from routine by news of a strange crime in an old city mansion. Initial evidence points to a silent servant, but further signs—dropped spangles, a parasol, and witness accounts—draw a familiar amateur investigator into the case and complicate the inquiry. The investigation proceeds through careful deduction, interviews, and recovered memoranda, uncovering hidden family ties, a solemn oath connected to the Cadwaladers, and a memory invoked by the injunction to remember Evelyn. Procedural detail gives way to personal revelation as motives and long-buried secrets are gradually exposed and resolved.