Aaron Rodd, Diviner

A reserved diviner's chance encounters in London pull him into a web of literary hoaxes, petty and organised crime, and personal vendettas. Moving between bookshops, riverside streets and cramped rooms, he meets an assortment of eccentric and unscrupulous figures—a scheming friend, an opportunistic poet, a mysterious assistant and a band of thieves—whose schemes produce deception, betrayals and calculated reprisals. The narrative alternates moments of social satire about fame and imposture with darker episodes of revenge and violence, and the intertwined episodes build toward revelations that expose motives and bring contested grievances to a resolution.