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Italian Secretary : A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Caleb Carr (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312352042
ISBN-139780312352042
eBay Product ID (ePID)74705048
Product Key Features
Book TitleItalian Secretary : a Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMystery & Detective / Historical, Thrillers / Historical, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators
Publication Year2009
GenreFiction
AuthorCaleb Carr
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-037553
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisCaleb Carr's novel, The Alienest , was a blockbuster international bestseller and positioned its author as a modern master of the historical thriller. Now, in The Italian Secretary, Carr reaches back further, to the age of opium dens and Jack the Ripper, when fictional detective Sherlock Holmes made the science of murder as real as the gore on a killer's hands... FOUL WHISPERINGS... Mycroft Holmes's encoded message to his brother, Sherlock, is unsubtle enough even for Dr. Watson to decipher: a matter concerning the safety of Queen Victoria herself calls them to Edinburgh's Holyroodhouse to investigate the confounding and gruesome deaths of two young men--horrific incidents that took place with Her Highness in residence. The victims were crushed in a manner surpassing human power. And while recent attempts on Her Majesty's life raise a number of possibilities, these intrigues also seem strangely connected to an act of evil that took place centuries earlier... ...UNNATURAL DEEDS For indeed, the slaying of David Rizzio, music master and friend to Mary, Queen of Scots, was an extraordinarily brutal and treacherous act--even for a time when brutality and treachery were the order of the day. Now, the ghosts of Holyroodhouse are being reawakened by someone with a diabolical agenda of greed, madness, and terror as Holmes and Watson set out to trap a killer who is eager to rewrite history in blood..., Bestselling author Caleb Carr reaches back to the age of opium dens and Jack the Ripper, when fictional detective Sherlock Holmes made the science of murder as real as the gore on a killer's hands. "Fans of The Alienist will eagerly read The Italian Secretary. He effectively evokes the dark, dank atmosphere. Carr is astute and unerring in his portrayal of Holmes and his techniques."-- USA Today FOUL WHISPERINGS... Mycroft Holmes's encoded message to his brother, Sherlock, is unsubtle enough even for Dr. Watson to decipher: a matter concerning the safety of Queen Victoria herself calls them to Edinburgh's Holyroodhouse to investigate the confounding and gruesome deaths of two young men--horrific incidents that took place with Her Highness in residence. The victims were crushed in a manner surpassing human power. And while recent attempts on Her Majesty's life raise a number of possibilities, these intrigues also seem strangely connected to an act of evil that took place centuries earlier... ...UNNATURAL DEEDS For indeed, the slaying of David Rizzio, music master and friend to Mary, Queen of Scots, was an extraordinarily brutal and treacherous act--even for a time when brutality and treachery were the order of the day. Now, the ghosts of Holyroodhouse are being reawakened by someone with a diabolical agenda of greed, madness, and terror as Holmes and Watson set out to trap a killer who is eager to rewrite history in blood.
LC Classification NumberPS3553.A76277I86
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