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Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War
- Author
- James Lovegrove
- Narrator
- Dennis Kleinman
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 27 September 2022
- Run Time
- 8 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world’s great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes’s retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it’s a suicide. The victim, a young man, recently suffered a disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a place where the desperate and depressed leap to their deaths. Holmes, however, suspects murder. As he and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy with shocking ramifications.
Critics Review
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“Lovegrove is a grandmaster of the Sherlock Holmes homage.”
The Guardian (UK), praise for the author
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Details
- Author
- James Lovegrove
- Narrator
- Dennis Kleinman
- Duration
- 8 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9798212041775
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Thriller / suspense fiction, Classic crime and mystery fiction
Synopsis
1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world’s great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes’s retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it’s a suicide. The victim, a young man, recently suffered a disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a place where the desperate and depressed leap to their deaths. Holmes, however, suspects murder. As he and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy with shocking ramifications.
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