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Art in the Blood: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure by Bonnie MacBird

Sherlock Holmes Books – Written in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend—until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Beautiful French cabaret star, Mademoiselle La Victoire’s illegitimate son (by an English lord) has disappeared and she has been attacked in the streets of Montmartre. Holmes discovers the missing child is only the tip of the iceberg of a much larger problem.

In Marseilles, someone stole the most valuable statue since the Winged Victory. Several children from a silk mill in Lancashire have been found murdered. The clues in all three cases point to a single, untouchable man. Will Holmes recover in time to find the missing boy and stop a rising tide of murders? To do so, he must stay one step ahead of a dangerous French rival and the threatening interference of his own brother, Mycroft.

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“Art in the Blood: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure” by Bonnie MacBird, written in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The tale sends the iconic duo from London to Paris and the icy wilds of Lancashire. This case tests Watson’s friendship and the fragility and gifts of Sherlock Holmes’ own artistic nature to the limits.

“In a world with more than its share of Sherlock Holmes pastiches, it is rare for one to soar above the rest, but Bonnie MacBird’s Art in the Blood achieves this singular feat and deserves a tip of the deerstalker.” – Otto Penzler, editor of The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories

“Bonnie MacBird’s Art in the Blood has the three key ingredients for a delicious pastiche: meticulous research, plausibility, and grand fun!” – Leslie S. Klinger, editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, The Annotated Dracula, A Study in Sherlock, The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library; BSI, consultant to the Robert Downey films

“A thoroughly entertaining Sherlock Holmes adventure worthy of Doyle himself. …vivid period detail, a superb, labyrinthine plot, snappy pacing, and, most importantly, a deep respect for the classic characters.” – Bryan Cogman, producer/writer of HBO’s Game of Thrones and co-author of Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones

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