Publisher Description
Convalescing in London after a disastrous experience of war in Afghanistan, Dr. John Watson finds himself sharing rooms with his enigmatic new acquaintance Sherlock Holmes. But their quiet bachelor life at 221B Baker Street is soon interrupted by the grisly discovery of a dead man in a grimy "ill-omened" house in southeast London, his face contorted by an expression of horror and hatred such as Watson has never seen before. On the wall, the word rache—German for "revenge"—is written in blood, yet there are no wounds on the victim or signs of a struggle. Watson's head is in a whirl, but the formidable Holmes relishes this challenge to his deductive powers. And so begins their famous investigative partnership.
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About Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born of Irish parentage in Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but he also had a passion for storytelling. His first book introduced that prototype of the modern detective in fiction, Sherlock Holmes. Despite the immense popularity Holmes gained throughout the world, Doyle was not overly fond of the character and preferred to write other stories. Eventually popular demand won out and he continued to satisfy readers with the adventures of the legendary sleuth. He also wrote historical romances and made two essays into pseudoscientific fantasy: The Lost World and The Poison Belt.
About Derek Partridge
Derek Partridge has been in broadcasting for over thirty years. He spent ten years as a
news anchor, writer, and interviewer at the Financial News Network (now CNBC)
and has served as host of Non
Profit TV News. Derek started with RTV and RBC radio in Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe), where he became the nation’s head TV news anchor, host of top-rated
talk show Frankly Partridge, and
presenter of Message to
the Nation TV specials. In Miami, he hosted two two-hour radio talk
shows and anchored the six o’clock evening news hour for ABC affiliate WKAT. He
was later a news anchor for London’s Sky TV. He is the national spokesman for the Balboa Pacific
Corporation, a company whose technology converts toxic and hazardous wastes
into reusable materials by pyrolitic gasification, and he is also the national
spokesman for Madison United Health Care, whose system is set to revolutionize
the health care industry.