THE ASSASSINATION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Assassination of Sherlock Holmes

by Craig Janacek

Embark on an epic adventure featuring the world’s foremost consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, as told by Dr. John H. Watson in the finest tradition of the Canonical stories. Comprising three parts, 'The Adventure of the Pharaoh’s Curse,' 'The Problem of Threadneedle Street,' and 'The Falling Curtain,' these fully annotated tales relate one of Holmes final and most gripping adventures. ***
Autumn, 1909. Sherlock Holmes has been retired to the South Downs for six years, resisting all entreaties to return to his career as the world’s foremost consulting detective. But the brutal murder of one of his former colleagues from Scotland Yard has finally galvanized him back into action. Dr. Watson at his side, Holmes journeys to London’s British Museum, where a series of singular disappearances have taken place. With the museum staff convinced that the curse of a four thousand year-old pharaoh is emanating from the Egyptian Gallery, it is up to Holmes to prove that the worst horrors come from the minds of men. From there, a twisted riddle of the sphinx suggests that Holmes and Dr. Watson are wading through deep waters. And when the main vault at the Bank of England is inexplicably plundered, Holmes realizes that his enemies may be trying to bring down the nation itself. Only the piercing acumen of the world’s foremost consulting detective could see that this theft was but the first blow, and that the villain is certain to mount another daring robbery. From a baffling series of seemingly unconnected events, Holmes must make the brilliant leaps of deduction required in order to determine where his adversary next plans to strike. Only then can Holmes set his own traps and turn the tables on his foe. But will Holmes be able to anticipate all of the forces that are aligning against him? Will the echoes of the past prove to be his undoing? And is he willing to make the sacrifice required to put a final end to this monstrous menace? ***
This special Collected Edition also contains the previously unpublished tale 'The Red Leech.' For the first and only time, rather than a stranger, it is a desperate Dr. Watson himself that is sitting in the client chair at 221B Baker Street. Can Holmes help save him from the clutches of the repulsive Red Leech?

357 pages, Paperback

First published September 13, 2015

About the author

In the year 1998 CRAIG JANACEK took his degree of Doctor of Medicine of Vanderbilt University, and proceeded to Stanford to go through the training prescribed for pediatricians in practice. Having completed his studies there, he was duly attached to the University of California, San Francisco as Associate Professor. The author of over seventy medical monographs upon a variety of obscure lesions, his travel-worn and battered tin dispatch-box is crammed with papers, nearly all of which are records of his fictional works. To date, these have been published primarily in electronic format, including two non-Holmes novels (The Oxford Deception & The Anger of Achilles Peterson), the trio of holiday adventures collected as The Midwinter Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes, the short trilogy The Assassination of Sherlock Holmes, a trio of adventures collected as The First of Criminals, and a Watsonian novel entitled The Isle of Devils. His current project is a trio of works entitled A Holmesian Treasure Trove. His first in-press work (The Adventure of the Fateful Malady) was published in the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Part One (October 2015), and a second (The Adventure of the Double-Edged Hoard) was included in the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, 2016 Annual (May 2016). Craig Janacek is a nom-de-plume.
For augmented content, connect with him online at: http://craigjanacek.wordpress.com.

Reviews

[Christa Saccullo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

Oh, I REALLY enjoyed this one! The Red Leech was definitely my favorite. The Final Curtain drags a little, but makes up for it near the end. I thoroughly enjoyed the nostalgia. Well done

Christa