Old Broadbrim on an Ocean Chase

A smuggler with a secret weapon. A detective who never stops. One invention that could change everything.

Josiah Broadbrim has built his reputation on one simple truth: every criminal leaves a trail. The famous Quaker detective has been closing in on Richard Dennett—diamond smuggler, manipulator, and the most dangerous man he has ever hunted—for longer than he cares to admit. When Dennett slips across the Atlantic, Broadbrim knows it means something. Men like Dennett don't run. They maneuver.

But Dennett isn't just fleeing. He's planning.

Deep in the fog-strangled streets of London's Hatton Garden, a notorious fence named Ned Hathaway is harboring the smugglers, the stolen gems, and something far more dangerous—an invention so clever it promises to make every customs officer and detective in the world look like a fool. Dennett intends to use it. And he intends to use it soon.

As Broadbrim races across the ocean, the conspiracy tightens. Killers are dispatched. Loyalties collapse. A mysterious woman appears at police headquarters with tears in her eyes and revenge in her heart—and what she knows could change everything.

Broadbrim closes in. But so does Dennett.

If the smugglers get that invention into play, a fortune in diamonds disappears—and the most ambitious criminal operation ever run against America's customs goes free forever.

Can Broadbrim crack the secret before the ocean swallows the evidence whole?