Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute

Book: The Kellerby Code

By Jonny Sweet

January 7, 2025

Edward is living in a world he can’t afford and to which he doesn’t belong.

To camouflage himself, he has catered to his friends’ fetching drycleaning, sorting flowers for premieres. It’s a noble effort, really – anything to keep his best pals Robert and Stanza happy. In return, his proximity to them might sponge the shame of his birth and violent past cleanly away.

The chink in his armour is his painfully unrequited love for Stanza. When he realises Stanza and Robert are an item, Edward is pushed too far. His little acts of kindness take a sinister turn.

Are there limits to what he will do for his friends?

Are there limits to what he will do to them?