The Place of Dragons: A Mystery

A mysterious lodger discovered in a coastal boarding house and a hidden cache of plate and gems prompt an investigative narrator and detectives to piece together a puzzling identity. Their inquiries expose contradictions about the man's name, a visiting young woman whose photograph and an Egyptian amulet reopen past ties, and the presence of a signalling lamp among the valuables. The case expands into a web of imposture, secret visitors, and forged connections that lead to chases, plotted traps, and revelations across Europe and in London. Successive discoveries gradually disentangle motives and expose a strange, unsettling truth.