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1896. A client arrives at Baker Street and is recognised immediately by Holmes. This client is being threatened by someone unknown to him through curious means: doctored lecture slides, and Watson realises this is Eadweard Muybridge, pioneer of animal and human locomotion photographs, who presents his motion-study animations to interested parties through his zoopraxiscope device. When the two attend one of his lectures they find disturbing alterations to Muybridge's slides he swears he did not put there and as they investigate further, discover murder and conspiracy with the fledgeling arts of photography and cinema at its heart...
About the author
Tim Major is a writer and freelance editor from York, UK. His love of speculative fiction is the product of a childhood diet of classic
Doctor Who episodes and an early encounter with Triffids. Tim's most recent books include
Hope Island and
Snakeskins, short story collection
And the House Lights Dim and a monograph about the 1915 silent crime film,
Les Vampires, which was shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award. Tim's short fiction has appeared in
Interzone, Not One of Us, Shoreline of Infinity and numerous anthologies, including Best of British Science Fiction, Best of British Fantasy and The Best Horror of the Year. He tweets @onasteamer.
Summary
Sherlock Holmes delves into the world of early cinema as motion picture groundbreaker Eadweard Muybridge begs him to solve a mystery that will keep you up all night...
