Description
| Product ID: | 9781846975974 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Sherlock's War |
| Title: | The Devil's Blaze |
| Subtitle: | Sherlock Holmes: 1943 |
| Authors: | Author: Robert J. Harris |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Second World War fiction, Historical fiction, Classic crime, Second World War fiction, Historical fiction, London, Greater London |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Sherlock Holmes returns in a brand new adventure in this follow up to the acclaimed A Study in Crimson. In this tribute to the classic Universal Pictures Sherlock Holmes film series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, the world's greatest detective must uncover the truth behind a seemingly impossible series of high-profile assassinations. London, 1943.Across the city prominent figures in science and the military are bursting into flame and being incinerated. Convinced that the Germans have deployed a new terror weapon, a desperate government turns to the one man who can track down the source of this dreadful menace - Sherlock Holmes.The quest for a solution drives Holmes into an uneasy alliance with the country’s most brilliant scientific genius, Professor James Moriarty. Only Holmes knows that, behind his façade of respectability, Moriarty is the mastermind behind a vast criminal empire. As they pursue the trail of incendiary murders, Holmes is quite sure that the professor is playing a double game and that there lies ahead a duel to the death which they cannot both survive.A tribute to the classic Universal Pictures Sherlock Holmes film series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. |
| Imprint Name: | Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited |
| Publisher Name: | Birlinn General |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-09-15 |
