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Dead Claims

by Charles Felix

Long Read

a novella in your pocket; for the bibliomaniacs!

Editor’s Corner

The first detective story ever? Yes, please! We've painstakingly modernized the first in our Dead Claims series, featuring an old school, cheeky PI bloke. Think of this like a tasty BBC scone in your pocket for ten days! (No mold, we promise!)
Brandon
Editor

A modern adaption of what some say is the world's first detective story, The Notting Hill Mystery.

Ralph Henderson is a freelance insurance claims investigator in London. His job is simple: when the numbers don't add up, he finds out why. Can he do without becoming a Dead Claim himself?

When two policies on the same woman land on his desk, Henderson begins a surreal investigation that just might be the end of him. The file you are about to open is his evidence...every message sent in real time to a phone locked in a safe in his office.

If you're reading it...someone opened the safe.

10

Days

190

Messages

iMessage & SMS

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A moment from the story

9:41••• ▮

Dead Claims

Day 1 of 14

Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4

This should be fun. And by fun, I mean not fun.

Drove past the house. White stucco terrace, blue door, brass plaque. Ground floor office basement, frosted glass on the windows. One light on.

That's where the safe is. Where she pulled the trigger.

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