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"The cliffhanger adventures of Bell and Doyle keep us enthralled, as does the -graceful flow of Pirie's evocative storytelling."-The New York Times Book Review

"Pirie's knowledge of Doyle's biography, as well as of the Holmes canon, makes [him] an intellectual treat and a downright guilty pleasure."-The Washington Post

"A convincing Victorian world of eerie moors and fearless detectives . . . with a surprising twist that ranks with the best of ...
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"The cliffhanger adventures of Bell and Doyle keep us enthralled, as does the -graceful flow of Pirie's evocative storytelling."-The New York Times Book Review

"Pirie's knowledge of Doyle's biography, as well as of the Holmes canon, makes [him] an intellectual treat and a downright guilty pleasure."-The Washington Post

"A convincing Victorian world of eerie moors and fearless detectives . . . with a surprising twist that ranks with the best of the Doyle canon."-The Times Literary Supplement

"I was utterly hooked. It's not just Thomas Harris; it's also Raymond Chandler and Arthur Conan Doyle himself. All of these great writers are echoed in a way that is not merely wonderful and absolutely gripping, but completely original. The series has huge commercial potential."-Sarah Dunant, #1 New York Times best-selling -author of In the Company of the Courtesan

In a literary tour de force worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, author David Pirie brings his rich familiarity with both the Doyle biography and the Sherlock Holmes canon to a mystifying Victorian tale of vengeance and villainy. The howling man on the heath, a gothic asylum, the walking dead, the legendary witch of Dunwich-perils lurk in every turn of the page throughout this ingenious pastiche, as increasingly bizarre encounters challenge the deductive powers of young Doyle and his mentor, the pioneering criminal investigator Dr. Joseph Bell.

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Marilyn Stasio
For all the casual violence, the plot is pure comic chaos, animated by a cast of vital characters and flavored by their juicy homespun dialect.
— The New York Times
Publishers Weekly
Pirie's third novel, like its predecessors, The Patient's Eyes and The Night Calls, evokes the spirit of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories with a gripping plot and psychologically sophisticated characters. Again, Doyle plays the Watson role to the Holmes of Dr. Joseph Bell, the real-life inspiration for the master detective. Doyle is a complex, wounded figure, still struggling with the loss of his beloved at the hands of a madman, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream. Cream has confined Doyle to an isolated cabin at the story's outset, but the prisoner manages a desperate escape and soon is able to reconnect with his mentor and partner. In pursuit of their ingenious quarry, Doyle and Bell face an eerie mystery in a small seaside town haunted by the apparent reappearance of a legendary witch. Pirie's subtle storytelling gifts, which may remind ghost story aficionados of M.R. James and Sherlockians of The Hound of the Baskervilles, elevate this novel far above the run-of-the-mill pastiche. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Pirie's third Arthur Conan Doyle novel (after The Patient's Eyes and The Night Calls) starts with a bang as our intrepid doctor finds himself a prisoner of psycho-killer Thomas Neill Cream. This archenemy has already killed Doyle's beloved Elsbeth, as well as countless others. Doyle and his mentor, criminal investigator Dr. Joseph Bell (who was the real-life inspiration for the character of Sherlock Holmes), are determined to stop Cream's vicious crime spree but find themselves one step behind at every turn. In the remote fenlands of England, bodies quickly pile up, including those of a man drowned miles from any source of water and a woman whose tongue has been cut out. A mysterious rune may be the key to Cream's murderous motives. Now if only Doyle and Bell can decipher it in time! Nonstop action and plenty of gruesome murders make this book an engrossing thriller, as Pirie uses his Doyle expertise to good effect. Recommended for large public libraries and for Holmes collections.-Laurel Bliss, Princeton Univ. Lib., NJ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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The creator of Sherlock Holmes does battle with his own Moriarty and unravels an eerie village legend. Neophyte physician Arthur Conan Doyle awakens to find himself trapped in a dark room, with no memory of recent events and no means of escape. At length, he learns that his captor is Thomas Neill Cream, a dashing real-life figure of unmitigated evil. To facilitate his plot, Cream has insinuated himself into the lives of Doyle's friends, the Morland family. Daring and painful physical effort gain Doyle his freedom. Half-dead, he treks the countryside until he's eventually reunited with his mentor, Dr. Joseph Bell of Edinburgh University. After initially questioning the frenzied Doyle's sanity, Bell nurses his old student back to health. The duo tracks Cream to the remote town of Dunwich and the eerie legend of its heath, haunted by a centuries-old witch. In the late-17th century, Dunwich outsider Mary Goddard was visited by angry neighbors who accused her of witchcraft. She escaped into the dense woodland of the heath, repeatedly eluding her would-be executioners. A catalogue of local atrocities followed, all attributed to her. Recently, wealthy eccentric Oliver Jefford, a newcomer to Dunwich Heath, has disappeared. Doyle and Bell hope and fear that tracking this mystery will lead them to the villainous Cream. Pirie's third Doyle homage (The Night Calls, 2003, etc.) again boasts deft period yarn-spinning and terrific writing.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781933648590
  • Publisher: Pegasus Books
  • Publication date: 10/1/2007
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 735,527
  • Product dimensions: 6.58 (w) x 8.80 (h) x 0.94 (d)

Meet the Author

David Pirie is a true man of letters. Journalist and film critic, screenwriter and novelist, he is the author of two other critically acclaimed novels featuring Arthur Conan Doyle, The Patient's Eyes and The Night Calls. He lives in Bath.

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