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Sherlock Holmes and the Highgate Horrors

By James Lovegrove
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Publisher Description

A brand-new thrilling tale of madness, murder and reanimated corpses in the Cthulhu Casebooks series, where Sherlock and Watson fight the fiendish plots of the terrifying and alien Mi-Go, from the New York Times bestselling author.

It’s 1929 and an ageing Dr John Watson, conscious of his imminent demise, finally sits down to write a fresh chronicle disclosing the true events behind his published accounts of Sherlock Holmes’s exploits. In these pages, Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart companion encounter reanimated corpses in Highgate Cemetery; a very different, though ever elusive, Irene Adler; tales of madness and murder in the frozen wastes of the north; grotesque organic machines; and much more. Each case brings the illustrious pair ever closer to the dramatic and terrifying truth about the mysterious aliens, the Mi-Go, and their plans for Earth…

11 Reviews

3.5
“M’eh. Just wasn’t my cup of tea. But I’m not a Lovecraft fan, so maybe I’m just not familiar enough with the mythology of Cthulhu. I very much enjoyed the way James Lovegrove wrote Holmes and Watson.”
“I've been a fan of James Lovegrove for many years now, and his Sherlock Holmes stories are always a pleasure to return to. This is a definite highlight of the series, with emphasis on the gothic that kept me held to the pages! I loved the return to London, Holmes' traditional stomping ground, but also the broader tale, familiar faces and the undercurrent of horror and threat that pervades the mystery. Lovegrove nails Watson's narrative voice perfectly, and it's great to see Conan Doyle and HPL work together in this way. The original Holmes may not have been a fan of magic, but his author certainly was, so this pairing seems a natural match. I've been returning to this series recently with the audiobooks (excellently narrated and equally immersive), with this next on the Audible stack to reread soon. Always a recommend.”

About James Lovegrove

James Lovegrove is the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin. He has been short-listed for many awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the Scribe Award. He won the Seiun Award for Best Foreign Language Short Story in 2011, and the Dragon Award in 2020 for Firefly: The Ghost Machine. He has written many acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, including Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon. As well as writing books, he reviews fiction for the Financial Times. He lives in Eastbourne in the UK.

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