The Doppelgänger's Choice. A Thomas Kane Investigation, #11

"He looked into the mirror and saw a stranger. He looked at the stranger and saw himself."Thomas Kane has built his life on the integrity of the record. But what happens when the record is stolen-and the man who stole it looks exactly like you?When a midnight visitor reveals the existence of Samuel Price, a man coerced into becoming Kane's "doppelgänger, " the meticulous archivist finds himself facing a threat that no ledger can contain.
A sophisticated criminal organization has not just targeted Kane's work; they have targeted his identity, using a mirror image to infiltrate the Archive and dismantle a decade of investigations from the inside. As the lines between the investigator and the imposter blur, Kane must navigate a world of "identity brokers" and underground fences. To save the Archive, Kane must risk losing himself, making an impossible choice between his personal safety and the survival of the testimony he has spent a lifetime protecting.
In this eleventh volume of the Thomas Kane Investigations, the stakes are no longer just institutional-they are existential. The Doppelgänger's Choice is a haunting Victorian noir that questions the nature of the self and proves that while a man's face can be mimicked, his commitment to the truth is an immutable fact. The Doppelgänger's Choice is a psychological tour de force for fans of gaslamp noir, exploring the dark side of 19th-century criminal networks and the enduring power of the Archive to survive even the loss of its creator.