Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Green Dragon

by M R Rivera

Overview

Set in late January and early February of 1891, during the time that Professor Moriarty declares in The Final Problem, that Holmes had "incommoded" his plans, Holmes and Watson are visited by two charwomen and retained to clear the name of a drunkard lighthouse keeper who has been arrested and charged with the murder of a German man in Tynemouth, England. After learning the name of the unfortunate German man, Gustav Oberstein, Holmes realizes that the case has much greater significance than the simple murder of a German in the Tynemouth lighthouse. So begins a battle of wits between Holmes and Professor Moriarty. Holmes must determine the meaning of the German's last words and solve a mystery that will prevent the deaths of countless people in England and the Continent - a mystery that grabs the attention of the highest levels of the British government. Holmes's very life is on the line as he and Watson comb the English Northeast and the depths of London to solve the mystery of The Green Dragon and bring ruin to the Moriarty syndicate. The game is afoot!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781804241257
Publisher:	MX Publishing
Publication date:	02/10/2023
Pages:	370
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.77(d)

Editorial Reviews

12/05/2022

A plot heavier on action than deduction mars Rivera’s disappointing debut. In 1891, Sherlock Holmes is consulted by charwoman Dwylla Dodd after her lighthouse keeper husband, George, is arrested for murder. The detective is on the verge of declining to help until he learns that the victim is Gustav Oberstein, a German spy. When Holmes and Watson travel to the scene, an unusually dense inspector initially resists their involvement. During their meeting with George, he admits to stabbing Oberstein, but in self-defense. The German attacked him while repeatedly yelling, “The gruel! Drank it!” The third-person narration reveals that the death is connected with Professor Moriarty’s machinations, providing a less than inspired prologue to Conan Doyle’s “The Final Problem.” Characters behave in uncanonical ways, from Mrs. Hudson’s initial refusal to let a prospective client see Holmes to Moriarty’s murder of a prostitute while looking “lost in a dream state of fury, dominance, and evil.” “Why should Jack have all the fun?” the professor declares. Readers looking for quality pastiches have plenty of better alternatives. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly