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    The English Gentleman
    The English Gentleman
    The English Gentleman
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    The English Gentleman

    By Bryan Porter

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    William Bathurst has disappeared from his home in Westminster, leaving his father and mother, the duke and duchess worried for their favourite son. To aid them in their search for their son they enlist the help of the Count of Samerand in the hope of finding their child. At the same time James Wright is in Whitechapel investigating the murder of a young man in common dress. What connects the two cases is the victim, can he be the missing son, and if so what was he doing in such a place, and why did he disguise himself. Can the celebrated count discover the truth.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBryan Porter
    Release dateJun 8, 2012
    ISBN9780988079328
    The English Gentleman
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    Bryan Porter

    I was born in Springhill Nova Scotia to David and Wendy Porter. Through most of my life I have dreamed of publishing my own works, since as far back as I can remember I have always created stories in my mind, and on rare occasion shared them with others.My first work The Count of Samerand and The Ghost of Belgravia is a homage to Sir Aruther Conan Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes series. Though the count has deliberatively different character traits.

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      The English Gentleman - Bryan Porter

      The English Gentleman

      by Bryan M. Porter

      Copyright © 2012 Bryan Porter

      Published by Bryan Porter at Smashwords

      ISBN 978-0-9880793-1-1

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      In the curious case of the broken window, I alluded to the fact that my friend the Count of Samerand was not bound to me for cases. Before I had even met him, he had made a name for himself as a problem solver among the nobility. It was often the case that I would hear of him doing some trivial deed for the nobility or stumble across him amid his investigation. Though there were times, the matter was not so trivial.

      It was December 3, 1866, when I was placed in charge of what

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