Publisher's Synopsis
A BRAND NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY
If you love Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original, you'll love this gripping new tale from the world of Sherlock Holmes. PRAISE FOR PAUL D. GILBERT'S SHERLOCK HOLMES BOOKS "Gilbert has brought Sherlock back to life, with a believable reproduction of dialogue, behaviour and action." Crime Review "Gilbert delivers an atmospheric and suspenseful novel-length rendering of one of the most famous of Dr. Watson's notoriously tantalizing untold tales." Publishing Weekly "This book is by far the best Sherlock Holmes pastiche." Holmes Fan "Paul D. Gilbert really adds to the Holmes legacy." Amanda B A colourfully dressed Bedouin brandishing a sword interrupts Holmes and Watson at their breakfast table. He brings a cryptic warning: stay out of the affairs of his people, or face the consequences. Just as the detecting duo begin unravelling that mystery, they are summoned to Vatican City. Cardinal Tosca, the Pope's right-hand man, has been murdered at his desk and his translation of an ancient scroll has been stolen from the Papal palace. The great detective and his faithful Watson find themselves battling a fog of secrecy. Rumours swirl about a lost gospel and mysterious packages from Egypt, and whispers of a clandestine group known only as the 'Unholy Trinity' grow louder. What was the Bedouin intruder so desperate to hide? Why was Cardinal Tosca's scroll worth killing for? To find the answer Holmes and Watson must go further than they have ever gone before to uncover a centuries old conspiracy. Does this mystery run too deep for even the world's most famous detective to unravel? In the first part of the carefully crafted first of the Odyssey of Sherlock Holmes Trilogy, Paul D. Gilbert sends this beloved British sleuth from his native Baker Street over land and sea to solve new mysteries. DISCOVER THESE NEW ADVENTURES OF HOLMES AND WATSON. PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE ORIGINAL AND LOVERS OF CLASSIC MYSTERIES. ALSO BY PAUL GILBERT THE ODYSSEY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES TRILOGYBook 1: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE UNHOLY TRINITY
Book 2: SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FOUR-HANDED GAME
Book 3: THE ILLUMINATION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES THE LOST FILES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES
Book 1: THE LOST FILES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Book 2: THE CHRONICLES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Book 3: THE ANNALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES STANDALONE NOVEL
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA
