Dupont Investigations

Nigel Clemmons arrives in Washington to investigate the death of a tobacco baron’s son and heir, Phillip Steeples. The odd circumstances of Phillip’s demise leads him to consult and recruit a local investigator and occult expert, Torsten Somersby. https://linktr.ee/nocturnehall

While investigating Phillip Steeple’s room at the Cairo Hotel, an unexpected visitor, Calder Evans, interrupts the investigators. They share their odd encounter with Phillip’s sister, Lilah Barr, who arrived from Manhattan to oversee the investigation from the luxury of her suite at the Mayflower Hotel. https://linktr.ee/nocturnehall

Nigel Clemmons’s disturbing dream causes Torsten Somersby to suspect an evil force is at play. They track down a suspect, Irma Krause, whose parents owned the home where Phillip Steeples died. They find her presenting to a crowded room at the Washington Lodge of Theosophy—where Phillip was an active member. https://linktr.ee/nocturnehall

The investigators discover why Calder Evans sought to retrieve his diary from the First World War from Phillip Steeples’ room—it contains his ghostly encounter with an ancient Christian Martyr on the battlefield. https://linktr.ee/nocturnehall

After encountering Abe Rhodes in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel—seeking an audience with Phillip Steeples’ sister—the investigators discover Phillip’s attempt to kick his morphine dependency and his belief in the occult as a means to accomplish sobriety.

The investigators uncover an unsettling truth behind Phillip Steeples' death. They must act quickly and decisively before Calder Evans sacrifices Irma Krause to an ancient evil lose in Washington.