In the Dead of Night

"In the Dead of Night" by John T. (John Thomas) McIntyre is a thrilling novel set in early 20th-century New York City that chronicles the life of Steele Kenyon who finds himself caught up in a dangerous mystery after a chance encounter with a veiled woman mistaken identity. After arriving in New York City following a decade of absence, Kenyon's life takes a sudden turn when he meets a mysterious woman in a hansom cab who assumes him to be someone else and urgently pulls him into a convoluted situation involving a matter of life and death. Despite his initial reluctance, Kenyon goes with her, sparking a string of confrontations, concealed truths, and a growing fascination with the woman and her ties to a past he believed he had escaped. This opening quickly plunges the reader into a night full of mystery and prepares the ground for Kenyon's unexpected journey, testing him with moral dilemmas, hidden identities, and deceitful characters.