博客來The Luxembourg Dilemma
A Baron Artson Mystery
London, 1928.
Two men are found dead aboard a train arriving at Victoria Station-killed quietly, precisely, and at exactly the wrong moment.
The Right Honourable Baron Artson is not a policeman, nor does he pretend to be. A scholar of peace rather than crime, he understands that murders of this kind are rarely about passion. They are about timing. About money. About restraint removed at just the right instant.
As official investigations move carefully-and selectively-Artson follows a different trail. One that leads through London’s banking houses, across borders into Luxembourg’s industrial heart, and into the shadowed world of political movements that thrive on instability. What begins as a discreet inquiry into a pair of deaths soon reveals a far larger question: who benefits when caution is eliminated and events are allowed to accelerate?
Set against the uneasy calm of Europe between wars, The Luxembourg Dilemma is a measured, intelligent mystery where the true crime is not only murder, but the quiet bypassing of restraint. With a keen eye for history, power, and human motive, Phil Mullis introduces a thoughtful investigator whose greatest weapon is patience-and whose greatest challenge is knowing when delay is no longer possible.
For readers who enjoy historical mysteries, political intrigue, and detectives who think as much as they observe, The Luxembourg Dilemma offers a story where justice is partial, truth is complex, and peace is never guaranteed.
