The Shadow of the Golden Quill: A Russel Jo Mystery Novel (Russel Jo Series)

The Shadow of the Golden Quill: A Russel Jo Mystery Novel (Russel Jo Series)

A city of archives. A society of silence. A quill that kills. Istanbul, 1886. A letter sealed with a golden quill draws detective Russel Jo out of the fog and into a labyrinth of “silent documents” — records that were never meant to exist. The head of the Ottoman archives has vanished, and a body appears where truth is softened and accidents are staged. On every page, the same mark returns: the Golden Quill . From the alleys of Sirkeci to secret press rooms and buried contract vaults, Jo and Leyla , a brilliant archivist, uncover a hidden network stretching from Istanbul to Vienna and Berlin. Each path rewrites history — voice by stolen voice. But the quill writes back. A ghost from Paris, Clémence Duval , walks the edges of the case, and Professor Revaine pulls threads only he can see. To stop the society that weaponizes words, Jo must face the most dangerous truth of all: who decides what becomes history, and who is erased from it. The Shadow of the Golden Quill is Book II in the acclaimed Russel Jo Series — a gripping historical mystery that blends suspense, intellect, and the haunting beauty of Istanbul’s mist.