Midnight

"Midnight" by Octavus Roy Cohen is a mystery where the chilling night shift of a taxi driver named Spike Walters takes a sinister turn. On a freezing December evening, Spike picks up a veiled woman, only to find a dead man in his cab moments later. The story rapidly evolves into an intricate criminal puzzle full of deceit and questions the intentions of everyone involved. Driven by suspense, it begins with Spike encountering a woman at Union Station who then disappears, leaving behind a suitcase and the body of a man named Roland Warren. As the police, led by the shrewd detective David Carroll, investigate, a complex web of jealousy, social status, and hidden motives emerges around Warren's death.