In the winter of 1887, when a trollop is arrested on the street wearing a huge diamond worth a million pounds sterling, Inspector Peterson of Scotland Yard is introduced to the mystery of the century, involving a tropical beach in the city of London and women who vanish within arm's reach. The investigation, resolution and exploitation of the mystery cost him much that he holds dear, including his mistress, his career and temporarily his life, but open the stars to mankind. This is a novel of 66 chapters and 850,000 words, published only on the Internet and World Wide Web.
Exaggerated heterosexuality is intrinsic to the theme.
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