The Gentleman's Mystery Series

In the fog-drenched streets of Victorian London, boxer Clay Hooker—the legendary "Lion of Limehouse"—finds himself trapped between a career-ending demand from a crime lord and the desperate hope for a new life. When he is approached by the enigmatic Lord Axel Fersen, Viscount of Ashworth, he is offered a dangerous way out: a private war fought in the shadows. In the first volume of Conrad Kutt's Gentleman's Mystery series, A Gentleman's Unspoken Bargain, these two men from vastly different worlds must forge an alliance built on deception, espionage, and an attraction that defies every law of their society.

What begins as a conspiracy to dismantle a criminal empire soon evolves into a pulse-pounding race through Mayfair drawing-rooms and East End warehouses. As Clay goes undercover as Lord Fersen's personal boxing instructor, he must navigate a triangle of poison involving corrupt constables, vengeful enforcers, and the hidden sins of the aristocracy. Together, Axel and Clay discover that the price of freedom is higher than they ever imagined, leading to a shocking revelation about the true nature of the Viscount’s world.

In the second volume of Conrad Kutt's Gentleman's Mystery series, A Gentleman's Hidden Necessity, Lord Axel Fersen finds himself alone and adrift in the quiet rooms of Ashworth House. His empty life at the start of the 20th century is unexpectedly filled when Major Gideon Rooke demands that Axel find a vanished merchant sailor named Finn Hornblow. What begins as a search for a missing man quickly spirals into a high-stakes game of obsession and control, forcing Axel to turn to his unconventional network of allies for help.

From the soot-stained docks of Wapping to the exclusive rooms of Pall Mall, Lord Fersen and his loyal coachman, Dusty Miles, infiltrate London’s sensual underworld to uncover the truth. They soon discover Finn Hornblow is not a victim, but a man seeking sanctuary with an old acquaintance. To ensure their freedom, Axel must use all the political and personal leverage at his disposal to outmaneuver the vengeful Rooke.

In the third volume of Conrad Kutt's Gentleman's Mystery series, A Gentleman's Stained Legacy, Lord Axel Fersen’s Edwardian world of aristocratic poise and covert desire is violently upended when his uncle, the Earl of Harrington, is murdered. Axel turns to his clandestine network, the Hidden Necessity, to preserve his family’s name from public ruin. What begins as a clinical murder investigation quickly unspools into a web of decades-old secrets and a ruthless quest for vengeance.

The search for the truth propels Lord Fersen’s team from the elite drawing-rooms of London to the desolate, windswept moors of the Scottish Highlands. While Axel navigates a dangerous alliance with a suspicious Scotland Yard Inspector, his household staff infiltrates the decaying fortress of Blackfell Keep to confront a killer hiding in plain sight. Amidst the high-stakes investigation, the members of the Hidden Necessity grapple with their own explosive desires and the shifting architecture of a new century, where personal loyalty is the only thing more powerful than a blood debt.

In the fourth volume of Conrad Kutt's Gentleman's Mystery series, A Gentleman's Sunlit Indiscretion, Lord Axel Fersen and his unconventional household abandon the dust and dirt of Edwardian London for the English Riviera, hoping for a summer of relaxation and rejuvenation. Their tranquil plans are shattered when the body of a spoiled aristocrat, Miles Beaumont, washes ashore during a charity event hosted by the magnetic German strongman, Maximilian Richter.

Richter is immediately suspected by the local police, forcing Axel to use his network, the Hidden Necessity, to investigate the steamy underbelly of the seaside resort, connecting the evidence to secrets buried in sandy beaches and hidden caves. As Lord Fersen races against time to exonerate Max, he must also confront his past and his future, leading to a passionate, final reckoning under the cover of a summer night.

The tranquil discretion of Lord Axel Fersen’s world is shattered when the shrill ring of the telephone brings news of a national crisis: Cordelia Jago, an audacious suffragist, has vanished. Her disappearance quickly escalates from a political scandal into a high-stakes game of criminal blackmail. In the fifth volume of Conrad Kutt's Gentleman's Mystery series, A Gentleman's Perilous Interval, Axel mobilizes his secret network, the Hidden Necessity, to track down the shadowy group demanding Cordelia's evidence of government corruption in exchange for her life.

The Edwardian gentleman investigator must use every tool at his disposal, from subtle political manipulation to outright physical force, to contain the crisis. As the clock ticks down to a terrifying climax, Lord Fersen faces the ultimate choice: surrender the evidence and betray Cordelia's fight for justice, or risk everything by setting a dangerous trap with Scotland Yard.

In the sixth volume of Conrad Kutt's Gentleman's Mystery series, A Gentleman's Desert Secret, the investigative prowess of Lord Axel Fersen is pushed to its limits when a frantic telegram calls him to the sun-scorched sands of Luxor. As his wife Genevieve slowly recovers from an ancient infection, Lord Fersen finds himself thrust into the meticulous world of Egyptian archaeology. Axel and Genevieve’s partner, archaeologist Thatcher Stone, discover an artifact that could change history: a pristine, golden funerary mask that seems to conquer eternity itself.

However, the triumph of the find is short-lived. After realizing the real mask was swapped for a fake within the walls of the British Museum, Lord Fersen mobilizes his Hidden Necessity intelligence group to uncover the criminal conspiracy behind the theft. From foggy, dangerous alleys to a mysterious Mayfair estate, Axel and his lover, Clay Hooker, must navigate a web of greed and deception to recover the mask before it—and an even more priceless Egyptian treasure—vanishes forever.