The Three Rhodes Not Taken: A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery

by Craig Stephen Copland

Overview

THE THREE RHODES NOT TAKEN. Oxford University is famous throughout the world for its splendid architecture, lovely manicured lawns and gardens, and passionate pursuit of research, teaching and learning. But it turns out to be at the center of a case involving fraud, theft, treachery, and, maybe, murder. The Rhodes Scholarship has been recently established and is seen at one of the greatest prizes available to young men throughout the Empire. So much so that some men are prepared to lie, steal, slander, and, maybe murder, in the pursuit of it. Sherlock Holmes is called upon to track down a thief who has stolen vital documents pertaining to the winner of the scholarship, but what will he do when the prime suspects is found dead? The story was inspired by the original story in the canon, The Three Students.The original Sherlock Holmes story that inspired this one is appended to the paperback edition of this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781535281058
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	07/11/2016
Series:	New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries , #19
Pages:	172
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

In May of 2014 the Sherlock Holmes Society of Canada - better known as The Bootmakers (www.torontobootmakers.com) - announced a contest for a new Sherlock Holmes story. Although he had no experience writing fiction, the author, Craig Stephen Copland, submitted a short Sherlock Holmes mystery and was blessed to be declared one of the winners. Thus inspired, he has continued to write new Sherlock Holmes mysteries since and is on a quest to write a new mystery that is inspired by each of the sixty stories in the original Canon. He currently lives and writes in Toronto, Tokyo, and Manhattan. More about him and contact information can be found at www.SherlockHolmesMystery.com.