Sherlock Holmes - L'enigma Reichenbach

by Geri Schear, Marco Bertoli (Translator)

Impareggiabile Holmes. Soltanto lui, ricevendo un criptico telegramma su un uomo trovato in camicia da notte nella brughiera, sarebbe capace di elaborare sull'accaduto non una ma sette teorie. Ed è proprio ciò che fa, mentre in compagnia dell'amico Watson raggiunge in treno Exeter, nel Devonshire. Difficile tuttavia, da elementi tanto esigui, desumere cosa sia successo a questo misterioso individuo, che urla come un pazzo e sembra terrorizzato dai serpenti. Quando però, seguendo a ritroso le sue tracce, il segugio londinese scopre due cadaveri in una fattoria isolata, con scuderie attrezzate a camera delle torture, una vicenda nata sotto una luce grottesca si trasforma in un caso dei più oscuri. Sarà dunque benvenuta la preziosa collaborazione di lady Beatrice nel dipanare i fili di una trama su cui incombe minacciosa l'ombra di Moriarty, scomparso anni prima nelle acque di una cascata in Svizzera dopo una violenta colluttazione con Holmes. La chiave è in un nome: Reichenbach, teatro di quell'epico scontro. Dove tutto pareva finito e invece, forse, era appena cominciato.

Genres: Mystery

329 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 1, 2018

About the author

I 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.

Reviews

[Dale · Rating 4 out of 5]

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…

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

great adventure and scholarship thriller