Sherlock Holmes and the Deathly Clairvoyant

by Margaret Walsh

"There is a spirit that moves amongst us. They call him the Messenger of Death. And tonight...tonight...he called my name."
The Loxworths are a family of clairvoyant mediums. Sitters at their seances are dying. Their deaths predicted by a mysterious entity known as The Messenger of Death. Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade must stop the deaths, before someone close to them becomes the next victim.

142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 10, 2025

About the author

Devotee of Sherlock Holmes for over 40 years.

Loves books, art, poetry, theatre, history, London and life.

I am a member of Sisters in Crime Australia.

When not writing I can be found curled up reading with a few snacks.

Reviews

[Kelly B · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was provided a copy of this audiobook at no cost for review purposes courtesy of MX Publishing.

This book was a delight from start to finish! I’m always in the market for a new adventure of Holmes and Watson, and this one did not disappoint. The narrative style, the dialogue, the characters interactions, the pursuit of a mystery—this book scratched that Holmsian itch perfectly. And with a vital role for Mrs Hudson to boot! While this tale quickly becomes less of a whodunnit more of a howdonnit, that did nothing to slow my pursuit of “what happens next?” Lastly, I appreciate all the research on spiritualism and plants that went into the creation of this story. It’s clear that lots of time and care went into it.

[LuAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A truly enjoyable and well-researched pastiche where Holmes, Watson, Lestrade, Mycroft, Wiggins and even Mrs Hudson along with others collaborate to trap a serial killer! Since they are often with others, the Holmes-Watson friendship is not strongly featured though Holmes includes Watson’s in nearly all his forays to gather information.

This Holmes is slightly more kind and less arrogant than the original, but still tried to form. I will look for more novels by this author.

Thanks to MX Publishing for this excellently narrated audio version.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson , find too many coincidences: seance with questionable mediums, death of select guests of seance and missing jewelry of murder victim and a bad police detective.Holmes, Watson, Inspector Lestrade , Wiggins, and Mrs. Hudson join forces against those who have misused the seance! Loved It!!!

[Austin Lowe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it overall, the story made sense and tied up by the end, so I could not complain- if you like mysteries/ detective/ Sherlock Holmes stories, this is one for you! Not too long and was a pretty quick read!