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The Player in the Game
(2026)(The third book in the Alexander Wolfe series)
A novel by Nicki Mason and Karen Baugh Menuhin
London, February 1925
A cold dark night. A knock at the door of 11 Park Place, St James's. An unexpected visitor. A man trapped in a deadly game needs Alexander Wolfe's help.
Conrad Penhaligon is a professional gambler. Charming, suave, and dangerously sophisticated '' a man of the world who has made a career of living on the edge.
Five years ago, aboard a yacht off Nassau, Conrad lost a game and gave his word to the wrong man. Now that debt is being called in. He must arrange a private game of roulette – and he fears it’s going to end in murder.
Seven guests have been invited. Minor royalty. An American heiress. An ex ambassador. A colonial governor. An Irish earl. A matinee idol. An exiled Ottoman princess. Glittering company and every single one is compromised.
Traitors. Murderers. Thieves. Spies.
One of them is the killer. One of them is the mark.
Wolfe and Fox have four days. Four days to uncover the connection between seven guilty secrets. To identify the target. To unmask the murderer. Before the wheel stops spinning.
Genre: Historical Mystery
A cold dark night. A knock at the door of 11 Park Place, St James's. An unexpected visitor. A man trapped in a deadly game needs Alexander Wolfe's help.
Conrad Penhaligon is a professional gambler. Charming, suave, and dangerously sophisticated '' a man of the world who has made a career of living on the edge.
Five years ago, aboard a yacht off Nassau, Conrad lost a game and gave his word to the wrong man. Now that debt is being called in. He must arrange a private game of roulette – and he fears it’s going to end in murder.
Seven guests have been invited. Minor royalty. An American heiress. An ex ambassador. A colonial governor. An Irish earl. A matinee idol. An exiled Ottoman princess. Glittering company and every single one is compromised.
Traitors. Murderers. Thieves. Spies.
One of them is the killer. One of them is the mark.
Wolfe and Fox have four days. Four days to uncover the connection between seven guilty secrets. To identify the target. To unmask the murderer. Before the wheel stops spinning.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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