BLACK BOOK OF SECRETS

WHEN LUDLOW FITCH'S PARENTS CRUELLY BETRAY HIM, HE STEALS AWAY ON THE BACK OF A CARRIAGE AND LEAVES BEHIND THE STINKING CITY. HE ARRIVES IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT AT A REMOTE VILLAGE, WHERE HE CROSSES PATHS WITH THE TALL AND LIMPING FIGURE OF JOE ZABBIDOU - A PAWNBROKER WITH A DIFFERENCE. FOR JOE TRADES SECRETS, NOT GOODS, FOR CASH. LUDLOW IS EMPLOYED TO RECORD THE VILLAGERS' FIENDISH CONFESSIONS IN THE BLACK BOOK OF SECRETS. BODYSNATCHING; THIEVERY; MURDER. THE PEOPLE OF PAGUS PARVUS HAVE MUCH TO HIDE. BUT IS LUDLOW FITCH READY TO RELEASE HIS OWN SKELETONS? AND WILL HE EVER LEARN TO TRUST HIS MYSTERIOUS MASTER?