It is the early 1900's and Clara Kettle boards a luxurious train that will take her to the distant estate of the mysterious Countess von Leichenberg.
Normally, Clara would never accept such a strange invitation, but her husband Alistair has gone insane and adopted a completely new personality. Alistair now believes he is a detective, complete with a deerstalker cap, and he is always in search of evil. It is all Clara can do to keep him, and herself, from going completely over the edge.
Countess Leichenberg's estate is filled with the luminaries of the time, and among them is the dangerous mentalist, Vanpiro. Vanpiro seems to know the deepest secrets of the other guests, including one that Clara cannot allow to be revealed.
One night, Clara makes a horrifying discovery that can only mean the return of a fiendish killer, and now no one is safe.
Genre: Mystery
Normally, Clara would never accept such a strange invitation, but her husband Alistair has gone insane and adopted a completely new personality. Alistair now believes he is a detective, complete with a deerstalker cap, and he is always in search of evil. It is all Clara can do to keep him, and herself, from going completely over the edge.
Countess Leichenberg's estate is filled with the luminaries of the time, and among them is the dangerous mentalist, Vanpiro. Vanpiro seems to know the deepest secrets of the other guests, including one that Clara cannot allow to be revealed.
One night, Clara makes a horrifying discovery that can only mean the return of a fiendish killer, and now no one is safe.
Genre: Mystery
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