Who Stole the Necronomicon?

Who Stole the Necronomicon? is a Cthulhu Mythos novella by American author and screenwriter Byron Craft. The sixth in his Arkham Detective series of Mythos noir stories, it was self-published in 2020.
==Synopsis==
In the aftermath of Prohibition, the Arkham Detective has decided to use some of his recently-acquired wealth to leave the Arkham Police Department and establish himself as a private investigator, while using his past experiences as a basis for short horror stories with which to make some extra cash. Along the way, he has regained custody of his estranged son Elijah, and picked up another stray in the form of street urchin Alvin Nash.
Unfortunately for his peaceful existence, a murder at Miskatonic University, the theft of the Necronomicon, and a request for help from former colleague Detective Sergeant Matthew Bell draw the Detective into another dark conspiracy. Despite being forced to face down a deranged descendant of the witch Keziah Mason, the actual ghost of Mason herself, the vicious familiar Brown Jenkin, the Outer God Azathoth, and - inexplicably - a group of Elder Things, he defeats all of these threats and emerges victorious.
==Trivia==
*The Detective is stated to have sold one of his stories, titled Cthulhu's Minions and based on the events described in that book, to legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales. The pen name that he used for this was Byron Craft, implying that the real-life author is in fact the Arkham Detective, relaying his experiences in the guise of fiction.
*Bizarrely, the pseudonym used by Camon Mason, Keziah's descendent, is Millicent Schuyler-Potts, a minor character from 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, which aired some 30 years after the time in which Who Stole the Necronomicon? is estimated to be set Millicent Schuyler-Potts at The Beverly Hillbillies wiki.
==References==
Category:Novels
Category:Expanded Mythos Works
Category:Byron Craft works
Category:The Arkham Detective
Category:Ebooks