Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?

The Shadow Police, Book Three

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Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?

By: Paul Cornell

Narrated by: Damian Lynch

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The ghost of Sherlock Holmes is dead, but who will solve his murder?

The Great Detective's ghost has walked London's streets for an age, given shape by people's memories. Now someone's put a ceremonial dagger through his chest. But what's the motive? And who - or what - could kill a ghost?

When policing London's supernatural underworld, eliminating the impossible is not an option. DI James Quill and his detectives have learnt this the hard way. Gifted with the Sight, they'll pursue a criminal genius - who'll lure them into a Sherlockian maze of clues and evidence. The team also have their own demons to fight. They've been to hell and back (literally), but now the unit is falling apart....

Detective

Fantasy

Ghosts

Horror

Haunted

Scary

Fiction

Crime

England

Paranormal

Sherlock Holmes

Murder

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Midway instalment of a proposed five-part series following London's occult 'Shadow Police' as they battle infernal opponents and fight to save themselves (and everyone else) from damnation. More than either of its two predecessors, 'Who Killed Sherlock Holmes?' is a book that consolidates the wider plot arc of the series, dusts down its traumatised main-cast and positions the pieces for the high-stakes showdown to come. Unfortunately, that particular eschaton shows no signs of arriving anytime soon with the series on indefinite hiatus since this was released back in 2016. Combine these factors with a complex, rather meta narrative (clearly written at the height of recent Sherlock-mania) and this book is all but impenetrable to those who have not listened to the first two books and very frustrating for those who have. Initially riding the coat-tails of 'The Rivers of London' series, the 'Shadow Police' developed into a credible rival; I hope it gets the chance to finish as intended.
Damian Lynch does his usual strong work on the narration.