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Art in the Blood

by Bonnie MacBird
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London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend – until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Mlle La Victoire, a beautiful French cabaret star writes that her illegitimate son by an English lord has disappeared, and she has been attacked in the streets of Montmartre. Racing to Paris with Watson at his side, Holmes discovers the missing child is only the tip of the iceberg of a much larger problem. The most valuable statue since the Winged Victory has been violently stolen in Marseilles, and several children from a silk mill in Lancashire have been found murdered. The clues in all three cases point to a single, untouchable man. Will Holmes recover in time to find the missing boy and stop a rising tide of murders? To do so he must stay one step ahead of a dangerous French rival and the threatening interference of his own brother, Mycroft. This latest adventure, in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sends the iconic duo from London to Paris and the icy wilds of Lancashire in a case which tests Watson's friendship and the fragility and gifts of Sherlock Holmes' own artistic nature to the limits.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Sherlock Holmes Adventure

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 10, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780008129682
      • File size: 676 KB

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780008129682
      • File size: 902 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 6, 2017
      MacBird's less than compelling debut finds Sherlock Holmes setting fire to his Baker Street rooms in late 1888. The detective has been in a downward spiral since his involvement in the Jack Ripper case temporarily landed him in prison on charges of evidence tampering. Dr. Watson hopes a new case will restore his friend's equilibrium. Emmeline La Victorie, a French chanteuse, asks for Holmes's help in finding Emil, her 10-year-old son by the Earl of Pellingham, one of England's wealthiest peers. The earl and his wife raised Emil, with Emmeline permitted one annual visit. Now that arrangement has been canceled, and the singer fears the boy had been kidnapped. Though she's prepared to come to London, Holmes, who makes some uncharacteristic observations regarding beautiful French women, insists that Watson join him in traveling to France immediately. The author's efforts to portray the iconic character as more vulnerable, both emotionally and physically, fail to convince. Agent: Linda Langton, Langton's International Agency.

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  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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