The Thing on the Doorstep - Simon Birks Publication Date:04/08/2026

The Thing on the Doorstep - Simon Birks Publication Date:04/08/2026"It is true that I have sent six bullets through the head of my best friend, and yet I hope to shew by this statement that I am not his murderer."The year is 1933, and Edward Derby's best friend, Daniel Upton, visits him in Arkham Sanitorium and shoots him dead to the horror of the guards. It's an open and shut case or is it? What happened to this lifelong friendship for it to end this way? Who exactly was Edward Derby at the end of his life? And,

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