The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell #3)

David Pirie


Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
3.90 · 10 ratings · 320 pages · Published: 01 May 2003

The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes by David Pirie
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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