His Last Bow - Brossura

Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0755334434 ISBN 13: 9780755334438

Casa editrice: Headline Book Pub Ltd, 2006

Riassunto

About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe'.

A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for the penetrating mind of Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the strangest of cases. A woman receives a gruesome package - two human ears in a box. A vital government secret is threatened with exposure. Miss Brenda Tregennis is found scared to death - could she really have died from fright alone? And when the stability of the country is threatend, Holmes' unrivalled talents are called upon once again ...

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Recensione:

He is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another, ushering in a genre of writing that... has never been surpassed. His own life, as footballer... eye surgeon, champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal, is the stuff of legend. Personally, I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman (Stephen Fry, The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection)

Descrizione del libro:

Even in the gloom of a London fog, Sherlock Homes sees and observes everything ...

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• Editore: Headline Book Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0755334434
• ISBN 13: 9780755334438
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 242