Old Broadbrim After the Gold-Brick Swindlers

A detective who sees through every lie. A gang of swindlers who've never met their match. One city full of gilded fools waiting to be fleeced.

Josiah Broadbrim has walked the streets of New York long enough to recognize evil wearing a silk cravat.

When a retired millionaire's palatial mansion begins bleeding diamonds and government bonds into the night—doors locked, windows sealed, no trace of entry—Broadbrim knows the answer won't be found in broken glass. It lives somewhere in the charming smiles of the men young Reginald Bastor calls his friends.

But the Blacklock Bunco Gang is no ordinary crew of grifters. Armed with counterfeit gold bricks, silver tongues, and a carefully cultivated list of wealthy targets, they've built their scheme to survive scrutiny. They've already been warned about Broadbrim by name. They're already watching.

As the swindle spreads from smoky back rooms to Fifth Avenue parlors, Broadbrim traces the conspiracy through saloon whispers and cipher cables, closing the distance between himself and men who've made an art of disappearing.

The deeper he digs, the more he realizes the gang's real genius isn't the gold—it's the trust they manufacture in men who believe they're too clever to be fooled.

Can Broadbrim expose the Blacklock Gang before their next mark loses everything—and before they vanish into another city entirely?