The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Devil and the Four

by Sam Siciliano

Overview

The brand new adventure from the author of The Moonstone's Curse, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson travel to Paris to uncover a secret buried for over twenty yearsSECRETS AND LIESSherlock Holmes's latest case takes him to Paris in pursuit of Marguerite Hardy: a Frenchwoman who fled her London home in mysterious circumstances. Holmes discovers she left after receiving a mysterious letter, containing an obituary and the words "four for the devil". Holmes's investigations will take him and his cousin, Henry Vernier, into a world of seduction and betrayal – and lead them to uncover a secret buried for over twenty years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785657030
Publisher:	Titan
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Series:	Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Series
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Christopher Husberg was born in Alaska and studied at Brigham Young University, where he went on to teach creative writing. His debut novel, Duskfall, was published in 2016, and was described as "Perfect for fans of Daniel Abraham and Brandon Sanderson" by Library Journal. He lives with his wife in Lehi, Utah.
Christopher Husberg was born in Alaska and studied at Brigham Young University, where he went on to teach creative writing. His debut novel, Duskfall, was published in 2016, and was described as “Perfect for fans of Daniel Abraham and Brandon Sanderson” by Library Journal. He lives with his wife in Lehi, Utah.

Editorial Reviews

08/27/2018
In Siciliano’s superior sixth Sherlock Holmes pastiche (after 2017’s The Moonstone’s Curse), Marguerite Hardy, a Frenchwoman living in London, is badly frightened when someone sends her a newspaper clipping describing the death, apparently from a heart attack, of French artist Gaston Lupin, along with a letter identifying Lupin as the first of “Four for the Devil” and herself as the third. When her husband, John, a wine and spirits dealer, suggests employing Holmes, she forbids it before departing for Paris to seek the aid of a female amateur detective. John ignores his wife’s wishes and consults Holmes, who agrees to carry on a discreet parallel inquiry. The detective—accompanied by Dr. Henry Vernier, his cousin who serves as the series’ Watson stand-in—travels to Paris, where he discovers that the dead man was a talented art forger and comes to suspect that Lupin was given a fatal overdose of morphine. The case takes a major unexpected twist when the identity of the investigator Marguerite turned to is revealed. Although this Holmes is not always the same as Conan Doyle’s, Siciliano makes the divergences plausible under the circumstances. (Aug.)

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