Murder At Sorrow's Crown

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Murder At Sorrow's Crown
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Author Steven Savile and Robert Greenberger
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery
PublishedSeptember 13, 2016 (Titan Books)
Media typeNovel
Pages320
ISBN 978-1-78329-512-8 (first edition)

Murder At Sorrow's Crown is a mystery pastiche novel written by Steven Savile and Robert Greenberger, featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, set shortly after the First Boer War. [1]

Contents

Titan Books published the book in 2016, as part of its Further Adventures series, which collects a number of noted Holmesian pastiches, as well as original material.

Plot

July 1881: a mother comes to Sherlock Holmes to find her son. A naval officer posted to HMS Dido to fight the Boers. However, he did not return with his men, and is now being denounced as a deserter and traitor. Can Holmes uncover the truth, a truth that threatens the Empire with assassination, diamond mines and military cover-ups?

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References

  1. Savile, Steven. "Sherlock Holmes".