Sherlock Holmes: The Will of the Dead

by George Mann

Overview

A gripping addition to the tales of Sherlock Holmes from the acclaimed author of the Newbury & Hobbes series

A young man named Peter Maugram appears at the front door of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson's Baker Street lodgings. Maugram's uncle is dead and his will has disappeared, leaving the man afraid that he will be left penniless. Holmes and Watson soon find themselves digging deep into the murky past of this complex family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781160015
Publisher:	Titan
Publication date:	11/05/2013
Series:	Sherlock Holmes
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	611,960
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

George Mann is the author of the Newbury & Hobbes and The Ghost series of novels, as well as numerous short stories, novellas and audiobooks. He has written fiction and audio scripts for the BBC's Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes. He is also a respected anthologist and has edited The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction and The Solaris Book of New Fantasy. He lives near Grantham, UK.

Editorial Reviews

04/13/2015
Set in 1889, Mann’s solid steampunk pastiche gives Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson a fantastical mystery to solve. They are consulted by Peter Maugham, whose uncle, Sir Theobald, has just died from a fall down the stairs of his London home. As the only copy of Sir Theobald’s will vanished simultaneously with his death, Peter, whose inheritance hinges on that document, asks Holmes to look into the possibility his uncle was murdered. While the investigation proceeds, London is plagued by a series of burglaries committed by the so-called “iron men,” powerful glowing-eyed machines that display sophisticated intelligence. Most of the sections involving the criminal automatons are told from the perspective of Insp. Charles Bainbridge, who, later in in life, is a key player in Mann’s Victorian fantasy books (The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes, etc.), making this a good entry to that series. The denouement disappoints, but Mann does a decent job of capturing Watson’s narrative voice. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly

"Fast-paced and thoroughly enjoyable"
—Project Fandom

"This is an excellent bridge between what most people know of Holmes and where he could potentially go"
—Raging Biblioholism

"Mann writes Holmes in a eloquent way, capturing the period of the piece perfectly, throwing Jeremy Brett fuelled childhood memories at me with every page and I must say that, if all non-Doyle Holmes adventures are this good, I will certainly read more... Those of you that love your Sherlock in any form, this is a must read.”
—CultDen

“Mann clearly knows his Holmes, knows what works and... the book is all the better for it.”
—Crime Fiction Lover

"A must read"
—Killer Aphrodite

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