Description
| Product ID: | 9781783297160 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Sherlock Holmes |
| Title: | Sherlock Holmes - Cry of the Innocents |
| Authors: | Author: Cavan Scott |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic crime |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A mysterious Catholic priest arrives at 221B Baker Street, only to utter the words 'if corpe' before dropping dead. Though the man's death is attributed to cholera, when news of a similar case reaches Holmes, he is convinced that the priests have been poisoned. A HOLY MYSTERY It is 1891, and a catholic priest arrives at 221b baker street, only to utter the words “il corpe” before suddenly dropping dead. Though the man’s death is attributed to cholera, when news of another dead priest reaches Holmes, he becomes convinced that the men have been poisoned. He and Watson learn that the victims were on a mission from the Vatican to investigate a miracle; it is said that the body of eighteenth-century philanthropist and slave trader Edwyn Warwick has not decomposed. But should the Pope canonise a man who made his fortune through slavery? And when Warwick’s body is stolen, it becomes clear that the priests’ mission has attracted the attention of a deadly conspiracy... |
| Imprint Name: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-09-19 |
