Darkwood Mysteries (17): The Book of Lies

The Book of LiesDarkwood has sent Hobbs in pursuit of the Crypto Codex—The Book of Lies. An ancient tome scribed in an indecipherable language or cipher. A book that can't be read, but is cursed to undo all who delve into its depths in trying, and leaves horror and death in its wake. Yet, if the book is so dangerous, why does Darkwood forbid its destruction? The book is not the only deceit Hobbs will experience. The Darkwood MysteriesEmily Darkwood is already resisting the expectations Victorian society places upon women of the upper classes when, in the wake of her parents' disappearance, she receives a strange and life-changing inheritance: a stone of amber that draws her into supernatural, cosmic, and criminal mysteries. Armed with this guidestone, her wits, revolver, sword-stick umbrella, and faithful servant-companion, the streetwise, scrappy, and young Jack Hobbs, Darkwood sets out to uncover the origin of the stone, its power, and its connection to her parents—and their fate. Yet dark forces circle the stone, seeking its power for themselves. Darkwood and Hobbs determine to stand against them in their relentless pursuit of answers, but in doing so, they risk everything they hold dear.The Darkwood Mysteries are a series of short-stories, novellas, and novels that can largely be enjoyed as standalone tales of horror and adventure from any point, or together in order as part of a deeper mystery.The Book of Lies is a novella in the series.