Dust to Ink

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The Throat is a dark historical crime mystery set in an 1890s New Hampshire mill town, where a gentleman thief from Wyoming follows light pay envelopes, clean ledgers, and a death in the machinery into a town that hides corruption behind charity, propriety, and polite paper. The book blends historical noir, New England atmosphere, murder, institutional corruption, and sharp first-person narration. It is the first novel in the Dust to Ink series and is written for readers who enjoy dark fiction, crime mystery, morally gray characters, and stories where the setting itself feels dangerous. Show more