Sherlock Holmes and the Claw of the Raven: The Corvus Conspiracy, Book 4

by Ian Shimwell

The raven swoops and strikes. Its claws tearing at the flesh. Its victim paralyzed, with death quickly following.

A long and complex plot is finally coming together for the Corvus Brotherhood, and unless Holmes, Watson, and a determined Inspector Gregson can somehow stop them, will achieve its chilling and audacious purpose by the claw of the raven.

Audible Audio

Published December 9, 2019

About the author

I naturally loved English and Literature at school and pursued both successfully in further education etc.
Over the years, I have written many different works from short stories to novellas and covered genres such as science fiction, historical adventure, horror and mysteries.
More recently, I began to write three-act plays based on favourite series which eventually led to developing my own, 'The Armchair Detective'. My aim was to create an unique, absorbing and fun mystery series.
'Armchair Detective' titles have been as high as No. 2 in Amazon Kindle's British Detectives and Drama (British & Irish) catagories and inside the top-selling 7,000 in the USA and inside the top-selling 550 in the UK
'The Armchair Detective' has been broadcast on the radio, as full-cast audio dramas, in the United States as a Shoestring Radio Production.
I have also created, developed and written 'The Novella Range', Classic Scripts and 'The Engine Series' as well as writing the popular 'The Holmes and Watson Series'.

The Armchair Detective... solving mysteries from the armchair since October 2010.

Reviews

[William · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining Holmes listening 🏡🤔

This kindle ebook novella is from my Kindle Unlimited account book 8 of 12

Holmes and Watson continue to look into the Brotherhood. They uncover the plan and bring it to an end. 😎

I would recommend this series and author to fans of Sherlock Holmes and British adventure mystery novels 🎧😀 2025 🏙🤔

[Addam Dallman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Killer Ravens

Sherlock Holmes and the Claw of the Raven by Ian Shimwell is a great Sherlock and Watson adventure. I was excited to see how Sherlock Holmes would outsmart the brotherhood and I was not disappointed. Sherlock Holmes as always in his adventures is not only smart but I found him funny in this one. I did like his and Watsons banter back and forth in this one. The narrator Kevin Theis did a fantastic job bringing these characters and the case to life. I do recommend Sherlock Holmes and the Claw of the Raven to anyone who is a Sherlock Holmes fan or likes a good mystery.

[Rosemary Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have submitted this review after listening to the audiobook of this title.
Okay, the previous episode left many questions up in the air, but this episode answers all of them.
I won't give the plot away, but it is good to know there is something far sinister than a couple of individual deaths playing out.
Yes, for all the tom foolery, this ends in a satisfying conclusion.

[Christopher Connell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it, but it seemed like the author was stretching a bit on the deductions. One thing this short book did though was to get me excited about the next set of books. Without spoiling anything toward the end a enemy is revealed who will will probably play a central part in the next scripts from Ian.

[Ellen White · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am enjoying these audio of Sherlock, with good narration and the effects, that remind me of radio days. Loving all of Sherlock books and love the different authors and narration of them. This I though was well done by the narrator, given audio for my voluntary review and my honest opinion

[emeraldragonlady (Maddie) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

It was nice to see the lose ends from the previous books tie up in this one. While this series hasn’t been overwhelmingly thrilling it was a nice series and short enough to still grab your attention.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

The final part of the Corvus story

Holmes continues to try and determine what the true goal of the brotherhood while also looking for his brother Mycroft. This final chapter has many twists and turns with a surprise ending. A fun read.