Detective Mash and the Clockwork Recluse
A Stoic Inquiry into Self-Moving Things, Sealed Rooms, and the Etymology of FearBy M W BrookRecorded TrackLength47m
About this audiobook
A reclusive inventor lies dead in a fourth-floor study. The door is bolted from inside, the windows are sealed and the chimney is barred. The only suspect is the brass mechanical servant standing in the corner, one steel hand extended.
Enter Detective Mash, a witty, eccentric investigator who pairs classic deduction with Stoic calm. He reads clues through ancient dictionaries, old medical texts and the art of war, and he questions a household full of people who are all hiding something.
This satirical locked-room mystery is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and has a philosophical twist. Written for listening, it asks who closed the door and what they feared. It is the first book in the Detective Mash Adventures series. AI was used as a collaborative drafting and editing tool.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller, Historical Fiction
Length47 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Detective Mash and the Clockwork Recluse
2The House That Locked Itself
3II. The Recluse
4III. Harrowgate House
5IV. The Fourth Floor
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6V. The Automaton
7VI. The First Discipline
8VII. Miss Tarrant Is Questioned (and Questions Back)
9VIII. The Body Reads First
10IX. The Dictionary Deep-Dive
11X. What the Old Doctors Said
12XI. The Art of War in a House Full of Rain
13XII. The Candle and the Floorboard
14XIII. The Man Who Came for His Evidence
15XIV. The Collar
16XV. The Unlocking
17XVI. A Short Lexicon of Guilt
18XVII. The Girl Who Waited
19XVIII. The Aftermath
20XIX. What Becomes of the Attendant
21XX. Mash's Closing Reflection
22Copyright Page
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