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Victorian London: As the world mourns the demise of fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle has a new preoccupation, as a chance encounter sets him on the trail of a brutal killer targeting suffragettes. Together with Bram Stoker, he roams the streets of Victorian London searching for clues. Modern-day New York: Literary researcher Harold White’s lifelong obsession with Sherlock Holmes turns into something far more sinister.

The world’s leading Doylean scholar is found murdered, and only Harold is familiar enough with the Holmes novels to recognise the clues the killer has left. Clues which will lead him not only to a murderer, but also to the mystery of Conan Doyle’s missing diary – and a secret that Conan Doyle risked everything to hide…

©2010 Graham Moore (P)2011 Isis Publishing Ltd Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary
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This took me a bit of time to get into, but once I did I enjoyed it. Having the two different voices for the two time periods was very good.

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i love all things "sherlockian" so this was right up my street! fantastic narration from both sides of "the pond". really good story-telling which held me to the end ... a fab read

a fab read

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Not much depth to the characters. Plot line also quite light so didn't really feel any momentum building. Bit blah

Light but interesting

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Two interesting plotlines, I enjoyed the story, but found the dire accents of some characters very distracting!

Good story, terrible accents!

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Not a thrilling page turner but a pleasant enough mystery.

Set in 2 time periods with 2 narrators the Holmes story had me more interested and had the better narration. The modern day story was fine but the narrators mock cockney accent was a grind.

3* not because of anything bad - the book just isnt as good as ones i give 4* to.

A mild distraction

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