Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Cold-Served Revenge

by Petr Macek

Europe 1911. The Great Powers vie for influence and are divided by political quarrels. War is in the air. For retired detective Sherlock Holmes, who has just suffered a coronary, these distant matters are of little concern. But politics are about to turn his quiet country life upside down. Mycroft, the detective's politician brother, has asked Holmes to investigate the murder of a powerful industrialist and the mysterious kidnapping of the King's nephew. Could these two cases be connected? Thus the legendary detective and his old friend Watson set out on an all-new adventure, one that will take them from the canals of Venice to an ancient castle in the Scottish plains. It's an adventure they could hardly have expected as they near the ripe old age of sixty. Will Holmes lose a lifelong friend? And which villain from Holmes's past might want to start a world war...?

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published September 17, 2014

Reviews

[Cedric · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good plot. although the clues to the identity of the mastermind were so obvious I had worked it out half way through. Written by a Czech author the unfamiliarity with Britain shows in his use of metric rather than imperial measurements. The ending is over the top action, too extreme for two old men and technologically impossible for 1911.

[Tim Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tanks did not exist in 1911, and even if they had, Watson would not have known them by that name.

[Martin Jána · Rating 3 out of 5]

ending felt a little too much over the top

[Iami Menotu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Classic

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

A strange tale of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson as they investigate a series of fires and related to a group of suffragettes and a hidden secret.

[Calvin Daniels · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a true 3. Too often the book seemed to lack detail, or to be too simplistic, and worst felt out of character. Watson in a crucial spot without his pistol? Holmes suddenly a car driver of skill with a busted finger. The plot was solid but the overall feel tell short.