Lethe's Cipher
by Peter Sargent
A homeless man named Ted wakes up in the luxury car of a missing woman. When the police question him, he babbles about a man he claims will lead them to the woman, though Ted also says he has never met this man. When Detective Lyons follows the leads, he stumbles into the secret life of a powerful investor and his unexpected connection with the poorest of the poor.A homeless man named Ted wakes up in the luxury car of a missing woman. When the police question him, he babbles about a man he claims will lead them to the woman, though Ted also says he has never met this man. Detective Lyons believes there is a secret meaning in Ted's incoherent monologues, though his superiors believe they are nonsense. When Lyons follows the case in his own time, he stumbles into the secret life of a powerful investor and his unexpected connection with the poorest of poor.