The Disappearance of Sherlock HolmesThe Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes
SHERLOCK HOLMES DISAPPEARS, POLICE SUSPECT FAMED DETECTIVE IN KIDNAPPING AND MURDER reads a New York headline. So begins the fifth mystery in Larry Millett&;s series.
A letter, written in a secret cipher he recognizes all too well, reveals that an old foe of Holmes&;a murderer he once captured after an incredible duel of wits&;is back, has kidnapped his previous victim&;s widow, and is now impersonating Holmes himself. Holmes must once again match wits with a particularly cunning adversary, one whose hatred of Holmes has seemingly become the killer&;s single greatest obsession.
Chasing the kidnapper from London to New York to Chicago, Holmes and Watson race to keep up. Every move Holmes makes is expected; every trap proves elusive. Only with the assistance of his American cohort, the saloonkeeper Shadwell Rafferty, can Holmes hope to settle the score once and for all&;or be framed for the crime himself.
Nonstop suspense unfolds as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel from London to New York to Chicago in pursuit of a vicious and cunning killer
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- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
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