The Clockwork Widow


Mystery
The Clockwork Widow
by Miss Liz
25 chapters1 reads
In a Victorian-era city powered by clockwork automata, a retired detective is pulled back into service when a wealthy widow is found dead — surrounded by six stopped clocks, each set to a different time. The suspect list is entirely made of machines.
Chapters
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Chapter 1: A Tick of Time
1,171 words
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Chapter 2: Six Clocks
1,100 words
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Chapter 3: The Automated Suspects
1,150 words
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Chapter 4: The Language of Clocks
1,200 words
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Chapter 5: The Sultan's Confession
1,100 words
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Chapter 6: The Correspondence
1,200 words
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Chapter 7: What the Machine Knew
1,150 words
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Chapter 8: Rotterdam
1,200 words
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Chapter 9: Harwick
1,100 words
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Chapter 10: The Society's Records
1,100 words
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Chapter 11: The Evidence
1,100 words
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Chapter 12: The Address
1,100 words
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Chapter 13: The Case Against Harwick
1,100 words
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Chapter 14: Harwick's Position
1,100 words
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Chapter 15: The Sixth Clock
1,100 words
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Chapter 16: The Trial
1,100 words
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Chapter 17: Kepler
1,100 words
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Chapter 18: The Society Rebuilt
1,100 words
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Chapter 19: Inspector Osei
1,100 words
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Chapter 20: Van Cleef's Work
1,100 words
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Chapter 21: The Second Case
1,100 words
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Chapter 22: Crane's Method
1,100 words
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Chapter 23: Kepler's Assessment
1,100 words
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Chapter 24: The Third Chess Player
1,100 words
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Chapter 25: The Clockwork Widow
1,300 words