Thomas Hanshew's classic work of fiction. Tells the story of Hamilton Cleek, a renaissance man through the ages: an intellectual giant with the strength of ten men, he works as a consulting detective, frequently assisting Scotland Yard with extremely difficult cases. Cleek finds himself in the middle of an unpredictable detective story in The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel. Will it be the mystery that finally drives him insane? Thomas Hanshew's "The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel." He was a writer and actor from the United States (1857-1914). He has also written over 150 novels, some of which he co-wrote with his wife Mary.