Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair

Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair

â€˜â€¦expert Davies effectively captures London of a later era in this taut page-turnerâ€™ â€“ Kirkus Reviews

1895, London.

Sherlock Holmes is between cases, his great mind unstimulated.

But not for long.

A Colonel Sapt of the Ruritanian Court journeys to England on a secret mission to save the country from anarchy.

His mission is to engage the services of Rudolf Rassendyll once more to impersonate the King while the monarch recovers from a serious illness.

But Rassendyll has mysteriously disappeared.

In desperation, Sapt consults Sherlock Holmes who, with his faithful companion Watson, travels to the Kingdom of Ruritania in an effort to thwart the plans of the scheming Rupert of Hentzau in his bid for the throne.

Written with pace and vigour, Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair is a wonderful blend of detective story and rousing adventure yarn.

It is an exciting fusion of a Sherlock Holmes mystery with the Ruritanian world of intrigue and skulduggery of Anthony Hope's novel The Prisoner of Zenda .

Praise for David Stuart Davies

'A thundering good yarn...I whole-heartedly recommend it to anyone who has an affection for Holmes and a good, old-fashioned page turner' - Sleuthing the Shelves

â€˜Sherlock Holmes expert Davies effectively captures London of a later era in this taut page-turnerâ€™ â€“ Kirkus Reviews

David Stuart Davies was born in 1946. He was a teacher of English before becoming a full-time editor, writer, and playwright. Davies has written extensively about Sherlock Holmes, both fiction and non-fiction. He is the editor of Red Herrings, the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writersâ€™ Association. He is also the author of Forests of the Night, Without Conscience, Comes the Dark and The Darkness of Death .

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Country USA
Manufacturer Lume Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-11-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Lume Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-11-30
Format	Kindle eBook

Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair

Praise for David Stuart Davies