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London, 189-: The great city is brought to a standstill by a series of blizzards and Sherlock Holmes is bored to distraction. It would take a miracle to bring a case to the detective's door. . .
What arrives is not promising: a landlady who complains her artist tenant is behind on rent. Not exactly the miracle for which Holmes was hoping. But, next thing you know, there are several corpses and Sherlock Holmes and his biographer, John H. Watson, MD, find themselves drawn into one of the most bizarre cases of the great detective's career. And into the cutthroat big business of Art, where chicanery and mendacity (and cut throats) proliferate.
What makes a work of art worth killing for? Is it the painter, his mistress, his dealer, or his blackmailer? The cast of characters is large. But are they perpetrators, accomplices, or victims? And just who is Juliet Packwood, with whom Watson has become infatuated?
Oh, and there's one other problem: Is this a genuine Holmes case or a clever forgery? Is this the real thing?
If you can't tell the difference, what
is the difference?
About the author
Nicholas Meyer is the "editor" of several Watson manuscripts, including
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, which spent forty weeks on the
New York Times bestseller list. His screenplay of the film received an Oscar nomination. His film credits include writing and directing
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He wrote and directed
Time After Time, co-created
Medici: Masters of Florence, and directed
The Day After, about nuclear war that attracted the largest audience ever for a television movie. A native of New York City, he lives in Santa Monica, California.
