On a storm-lashed Thames, a secret exchange hints at theft, blackmail, and a hidden object worth risking everything to protect. Dorothy's Double quickly widens that shadowy beginning into a Victorian web of anonymous letters, public scandal, and dangerous double lives, where reputation can be ruined as easily as evidence can be buried. As Captain Hampton follows a lead from Jacob Wrigley, a sharp, streetwise boy from hard circumstances, the search for Truscott points toward the White Horse in Islington. Dorothy is horrified by the prospect of exposure, while Hawtrey and Hampton weigh whether the matter should be handled quietly or forced into court. Their investigation takes them to Mr. Slippen, whose polished advice about gathering proof and prosecuting the culprit only deepens suspicion that he may have his own agenda. With class tension, moral judgment, and distrust shadowing every conversation, the novel promises a tense mystery of hidden identities, social pressure, and the perilous cost of a damaged name. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.