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Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders
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Dr. Watson has never been much of an angler, and he is perplexed when Sherlock Holmes invites him on a Scottish fishing expedition. "Come if convenient," reads the telegram. "If not, come anyway." A few years after his near-death experience at the hands of Moriarty, the great detective is restless. If any man needs a vacation, it is Sherlock Holmes. But Watson knows better than to expect a peaceful fishing trip.
As it happens, Holmes has dragged Watson to Scotland not for the fishing—but for a party. The celebration is hosted by John Moxton, an American muckraker who has recently expanded his tabloid empire across the pond. When his paper, the
, turns out to be one step ahead of Holmes in investigating a baffling series of crimes, the detective suspects that Moxton isn't just breaking the news—he's making it.
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“2020 EBN Challenge... Category #28
Challenge Topic: A book with a doctor in it.
Winter Reading Challenge: Check out a Large Print Book
Written in the style of the original Sherlock Holmes, Barry Day tells the story through the eyes of Dr Watson. The language of the time period made the book a little bit of a struggle to get though, but it was still a quick read and well done. I may check out more of the series.”
About Barry Day
Barry Day is an author, scholar, and expert on legendary playwright Noël Coward. Born in England, Day was educated at Oxford and made his name writing impeccably researched books on legendary wits Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, and P. G. Wodehouse. In addition to producing a series of mysteries featuring Sherlock Holmes, Day wrote the book considered to be the definitive Holmes biography,
He is also the editor of the essential
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Other books by Barry Day
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