Summary
Sherlock Holmes is dead.
Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind. Ably assisted by Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes’s methods of investigation and deduction, Chase must hunt down this shadowy figure, a man much feared but seldom seen, a man …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781409189305 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1409189309 |
| Author: | Anthony Horowitz |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Orion |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 9 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 32mm |
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Thrilling and compelling, with a stunning twist, this is written as if Conan Doyle were at Horowitz’s shoulder, and is - in my view - the finest crime novel of the year.
Thrilling and compelling, with a stunning twist, this is written as if Conan Doyle were at Horowitz’s shoulder, and is - in my view - the finest crime novel of the year. - DAILY MAIL
Is there nothing Anthony Horowitz touches that doesn’t turn to gold? …He captures Conan Doyle’s narrative technique to perfection. Gory murders, honest thieves, brilliant disguises, breathless chases and red herrings abound - DAILY EXPRESSA relentlessly fast-paced and entertaining read - SUNDAY TIMESI hope it won’t be the last of Horowitz’ Holmes novels: should he publish another, I will be at the front of the queue. - SPECTATORAn exhilarating page-turner - SUNDAY POSTAbout The Author
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz is one of the UK’s most prolific and successful writers. His novels The House of Silk and Moriarty were Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers and sold in more than thirty-five countries around the world. His bestselling Alex Rider series for children has sold more than nineteen million copies worldwide. He is also the author of a James Bond novel, Trigger Mortis.
As a TV screenwriter he created both Midsomer Murders and the BAFTA-winning Foyle’s War; other TV work includes Poirot, the widely-acclaimed mini-series Collision and Injustice and most recently, New Blood for the BBC. Anthony sits on the board of the Old Vic and regularly contributes to a wide variety of national newspapers and magazines. In January 2014 he was awarded an OBE for services to literature. Anthony Horowitz lives in London.
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