THE CURIOUS CASES MYSTERIES
Book I
It is 1899 and a wealthy art lover has been missing for seven years. A shocking secret hides within his collection. One that defies rational explanation. Enter an unlikely duo of Special Branch detectives.
Young, troubled and the recent victim of a ghostly haunting, Sidney Wainwright is reassigned to the mean spirited Frank Tarrant. Inspector Tarrant is a loner, notorious for his incompetence. Yet on their first case together, Wainwright learns his new superior is much more than he appears. Awaiting them is a sinister discovery that cannot be unseen.
The Case of the Silent Scream is the first of the Curious Cases Mysteries.
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THE CASE OF THE SILENT SCREAM
Atmospheric Victorian detective mysteries with a paranormal twist. This novella series is for lovers of Sherlock Holmes and historical fantasy alike…
Book II - Coming soon...
It is 1900 and two Special Branch detectives are ridiculed by their colleagues. Outcast DI Tarrant and troubled young DS Wainwright appear to spend their days interviewing all the crackpots and time wasters. Known as the ‘flying chair brigade’, after a witch sighting turns out to be a church jumble sale blown away in a storm, their mission is deadly serious. To investigate incidents that defy rational explanation.
The sinister haunting of an orphan in Kensington or a mysterious beast roaming the Yorkshire Dales. All in a day’s work. Yet DI Tarrant keeps DS Wainwright bound to desk duties, such curious phenomena feel remote to the young sergeant. When two cases collide, Wainwright is left to his own devices, and riddled with self-doubt. With his commanding officer in mortal peril, he must face a darker threat than he can imagine.
ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN
THE ANGEL IN THE ATTIC
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER STORY
In the winter of 1903, Sidney Wainwright is summoned to a nondescript office in Westminster. Behind the banal façade of ‘W. Morgan – General Agent’ lies the shadow world of a clandestine operative known only as ‘M’. This shadowy figure happens to be Wainwright's old commanding officer.
Over a festive whiskey, the wily Irishman reveals a hidden chapter from his storied past—one he has avoided for a decade. . What follows is a chilling account of the Angel in the Attic, a case of celestial mystery and earthly danger that proves some shadows are best left undisturbed.
This prequel story to the Curious Cases will be available in Summer 2026 by subscription only.
THE MAN BEHIND THE MYSTERIES
Sidney Wainwright’s alter ego is an author of fiction living in the South of England in the twenty-first century. Away from his writing, he is an administrative clerk and ferroequinologist. His love of history and mystery inspired the world of the Curious Cases. He often wonders whether he created Sidney or if Sidney created him.
