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Return to Reichenbach
When a half-naked man is found gibbering on the moor, Sherlock Holmes uncovers a series of bizarre murders. At their heart lies a shadowy figure known only as The Sorcerer. He can talk to the dead, they say. He can bend any will to his own. Even a will as formidable as the detective's. The investigation leads from Dartmoor to Ireland and, ultimately, back to one of the most terrifying scenes of his career. Can Holmes survive the Reichenbach Falls a second time? From the author of A Biased Judgement: The Sherlock Holmes Diaries 1897, Return to Reichenbach is the third in the Sherlock Holmes and Lady Beatrice series.
- GenresMystery
340 pages, Paperback
Published December 5, 2016
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About the author
Geri Schear
19 books51 followersI was born in Dublin, Ireland and currently live in the ancient town of Kells. I like old things. It makes me feel young. I also love mystery stories, theatre, and most types of music, especially George Harrison and Leonard Cohen. And Chopin. And Gershwin.
I'd love to be more like my heroine, Beatrice. She's not only clever but calm, independent and resourceful. I'm only two of those things. No, not telling which.
I'd love to be more like my heroine, Beatrice. She's not only clever but calm, independent and resourceful. I'm only two of those things. No, not telling which.
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September 4, 2016
Sherlock Holmes and Lady Beatrice…
My thanks to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my advance review copy of this book. May the game be forever afoot!
SPOILERS possible, but nothing specific is mentioned that you won’t find out in the first few pages…
It is important for the reader to understand that this story takes place in an alternate universe where Holmes and Lady Beatrice are married with a special contract that allows them both to live their style of life. Holmes will always be the Detective at 221B Baker Street and Lady Beatrice the forward thinking woman who lives in Wimpole Street. They live separate lives but are also intimate, and this story shows clearly the love that they have for each other, as Lady B rushes into danger to save her husband!
The book begins with the finding of a man on the moor clad in his nightshirt. It turns out that he has been horribly beaten and is delirious and screaming about snakes.
Back tracing the man leads to a lonely farmhouse on the moor, and to the bodies of the farmer and his wife. The torture victim is identified as Augustus Updike, who works with Mycroft Holmes. The man never revealed any secrets, but his mind has been destroyed.
Then another case involving threats to another official ends with the kidnapping of the man’s son. And Holmes begins to hear whispers of a man so evil that people seem disinclined to even mention his name. To all that have ever come into contact with this man, he is The Sorcerer…
The tale is a whirlwind of action as our heroes chase after this elusive Sorcerer. There is a trip to Ireland to find the kidnapped boy. The chase goes back and forth through city and countryside, tracking down every person who might have a clue as to who the Sorcerer is and where he might be found. It takes our heroes across Europe to the edge of Reichenbach Falls where Holmes faced another evil foe in the past and barely survived. And the final showdown in my opinion will come as a shock to most readers.
I give the book four stars…
Quoth the Raven…
My thanks to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my advance review copy of this book. May the game be forever afoot!
SPOILERS possible, but nothing specific is mentioned that you won’t find out in the first few pages…
It is important for the reader to understand that this story takes place in an alternate universe where Holmes and Lady Beatrice are married with a special contract that allows them both to live their style of life. Holmes will always be the Detective at 221B Baker Street and Lady Beatrice the forward thinking woman who lives in Wimpole Street. They live separate lives but are also intimate, and this story shows clearly the love that they have for each other, as Lady B rushes into danger to save her husband!
The book begins with the finding of a man on the moor clad in his nightshirt. It turns out that he has been horribly beaten and is delirious and screaming about snakes.
Back tracing the man leads to a lonely farmhouse on the moor, and to the bodies of the farmer and his wife. The torture victim is identified as Augustus Updike, who works with Mycroft Holmes. The man never revealed any secrets, but his mind has been destroyed.
Then another case involving threats to another official ends with the kidnapping of the man’s son. And Holmes begins to hear whispers of a man so evil that people seem disinclined to even mention his name. To all that have ever come into contact with this man, he is The Sorcerer…
The tale is a whirlwind of action as our heroes chase after this elusive Sorcerer. There is a trip to Ireland to find the kidnapped boy. The chase goes back and forth through city and countryside, tracking down every person who might have a clue as to who the Sorcerer is and where he might be found. It takes our heroes across Europe to the edge of Reichenbach Falls where Holmes faced another evil foe in the past and barely survived. And the final showdown in my opinion will come as a shock to most readers.
I give the book four stars…
Quoth the Raven…
July 9, 2024
great adventure and scholarship thriller
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