The Spirit #1

In "The Case of the Counterfeit Killer," Denny Colt returns to Central City with a claim on his late father’s inheritance, only to vanish moments later—leaving behind a trail of suspicion. When a body is found and Dutch Gattly is arrested for embezzling the estate’s funds, the truth behind the murder and the missing inheritance begins to unravel.

The Spirit races to Scotland to investigate an international swindler, only to find himself embroiled in the dark history of Claymore Castle—where a jilted bride never recovered from her lost German baron, and her mysterious pet ape vanished without trace thirty years ago. When Winnett arrives to claim his inheritance of hidden jewels, he's not alone: the ruthless Bigelow and his bodyguard Teagle have come for the same prize, and something far older than greed is stirring in the castle's shadows. As bodies pile up and the jewels vanish in the night, the Spirit must unravel whether the curse is supernatural or something far more human.

When a mysterious dead agent washes up on the docks with a cryptic note, the Spirit uncovers a coordinated mob assault on the waterfront—and Commissioner Dolan's warning about an invasion from North City proves all too real. Racing against the clock as organized groups strike pier after pier under radio command, the Spirit must decode a riddle hidden in an old poem to locate the operation's headquarters before the criminals solidify their stranglehold on the city. It's a waterfront war that demands both brains and timing to stop.