The gray brotherhood

"The Gray Brotherhood" by Henry Leverage is a gripping crime novel set in the early 1900s. Chester Fay, a journalist, finds himself caught in a murder conspiracy tied to organized crime and a secret society called the Gray Taxi Company. When British person Putney Stephney is found dead after riding in a gray taxi, Fay uses his contacts in the Gray Brotherhood, a group of former criminals, to investigate. Fay confronts people like Elsie De Groot, the taxi firm's boss, and James Ponsardin, the shadowy owner, as he finds his way through a complex web of lies. The story builds to a dramatic showdown where Fay reveals the true villains, cleaning the Gray Brotherhood's name and discovering the fine line between justice and redemption.