~ The Churchill Casebook of Curiosities ~
Prologue: Cast & Miscellanea
Book One: A Dialogue with Death
- Chapter One: A Séance at the Salon of the Widow Abernathy All manner of fluffery
- Chapter Two: Finding Most Foul Lady Abernathy’s hackles
- Interlude: A handwritten note The scenes of chaos still haunt me
- Chapter Three: Means, Motive, Opportunity Equal measures of delight, apprehension…and love
- Chapter Four: Blunt Force Trauma I cannot even look at her!
- Interlude: The Ballad of Betty Bainbridge and Connor Greystoke An unbecoming level of understatement
- Interlude: The Embankment Letter A sight that will never leave us
- Chapter Five: The Face of Evil He will live, but he may not live well
- Interlude: From the London Evening Standard A tragedy that occurred in the Abington area
Book Two: Smoke and Mirrors _or_ The Sinister Figure
- Chapter One: A Summons I went to a rodeo at Eton once
- Chapter Two: Dinner and a Show Why would you hang mirrors above a bed?
- Chapter Three: Incisions, Incursions, Indiscretions There’s no such thing as a coincidence
- Chapter Four: A Repeat Performance A complete shambles
- Chapter Five: The Fog Clears Uncharted metaphysical territory
- Chapter Six: The Artisanal Chamber A burglar who walks through walls
- Chapter Seven: In which the Investigators do some stuff Do you take me for a fool?
- Chapter Eight: The game is a foot...and a hand We need to dispose of the body parts
- Chapter Nine: A Day Out In The Country This is a rescue?
- Chapter Ten: A Difficult Decision The Crown Jewels are not worth my neck
- Chapter Eleven: The Belly of the Beast We could stop this whole thing right now!
- An Epilogue: Adventures Through the Looking Glass Because of us
- An Addendum: Of Courts and Queens It’s the wrong world!
- Interlude: Stone Over Stream Projecting imperial confidence and permanence
Book Three: The Velvet Wraith
- Chapter One: A Most Unexpected Communiqué A matter of scientific enquiry
- Chapter Two: Enter, the Host Call it professional curiosity
- Chapter Three: A Visit to Druid's Heath Most likely a cod
- Chapter Four: A Troubling Discovery No murderous magicians
- Chapter Five: A Stranger at the Gates If they were lions we would both be dead
- Chapter Six: Poised to Strike Flinging accusations of murder
- Chapter Seven: Curse of the Velvet Wraith Put down the gun or I’ll rip you apart
- Chapter Eight: A Last Gasp Run for god’s sake, I can’t stop him!
- Chapter Nine: An Unexpected Turn of Events Look behind you
- An Addendum: A letter to the major regarding events in Birmingham A very large, very dangerous Anaconda
Book Four: The Mysterious Case of the Severed Hand
- Chapter One: A Homecoming... Your humble servant
- Interlude: Sanjeev, A Life The size of the hole it made in the other man
- Chapter Two: The Burden of Proof I am a scientist, questions are good!
- Interlude: The Maw Patent Being for the humane containment of large serpents
- Interlude: The Illustrated London News, Tuesday August 5 1879 British traitors to pay the ultimate price
- Chapter Three: Quantum Meruit It’s not a competition, Gideon
- Chapter Four: Cui Bono Rumpled silk skin?
- Chapter Five: Habeas Corpus You’re a grown woman, I’m sure you can handle it
- Chapter Six: Commutatio de Nominibus et Rebus Just stirring the pot
- Chapter Seven: Fidus Interpres Because you are a woman and I am a man
- Interlude: Translation Notes on the Kebra Nagast The Ark of the Covenant
- Chapter Eight: Obscurum per obscurius Obscurum per obscurius ‘Obscure by obscurity’ “Look not into the light but to that which is illuminated. Only the blind man may stare at the sun unscathed.” Friday 8th August 1879: London