Sherlock Holmes: The Prophet in the Rain

Sherlock Holmes (Big Finish)

by Jonathan Barnes

It begins with the sound of rain upon the windowpane, with a woman who claims to speak to the dead, with an enemy stepping out into the storm and with the unfolding of a savage and merciless scheme to bring London to its knees. Only our elderly detective, Mr Sherlock Holmes, seems to sense upon the wind the scent of approaching disaster...

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First published August 1, 2016

About the author

Jonathan Barnes is the author of two novels, The Somnambulist and The Domino Men. He contributes regularly to the Times Literary Supplement and the Literary Review and is the author of several scripts for Big Finish Productions. He is currently writer-in-residence at Kingston University.

Reviews

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, I enjoyed this quite a bit. It was much better than I had envisioned. Except. Yes, I know, there always seems to be a bit, a caveat or some silly exception doesn’t there? In this case, I’d thought I was getting a complete story. Yes, I knew that this was part of a larger set. But I still was under the impression that this was a complete tale. It is not. And in fact, this is, not literally of course but figuratively, a cliff-hanger. That was a bit upsetting.

[Colin Parfitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

There’s not a whole lot of detectoring going on in this first part of a series and it’s all a set up for what’s to come.

The voice of an elderly Holmes is excellent but one character’s overlong death is tedious rather than tense.

[Sara Habein · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this, even with being left with a cliffhanger!

[Craig Fisher · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don’t, just don’t. You will regret it.