The Detective and Mr. Dickens( A Secret Victorian Journal, Attributed to Wilkie Collins, Discovered and Edited by William J. Palmer, published first in 1812)

We begin in London on July 14, 1870. We are at the funeral of Mr. Dickens. His family and hopeful inheritors wait jittery to meet with Mr. Dickens attorney for the will to be read. In the group sits two of his most loyal friends, Collins and Field. After the funeral they meet in a pub and recount their many cases. To be continued . . .