A decade after Sherlock Holmes solved the mystery of The List of 7 and made Arthur Conan Doyle a famous man, the author sets out on his first tour of the United States. A brash American promoter has arranged it all: readings, book signings, lectures in all the great American cities. Doyle expects crowds, lavish dinners, and empty hotel rooms; instead he is greeted by six strangers, six people who envision a black tower from the desert, a sinister power, and a river of blood. They need Doyle to lead them find the source of their visions and win-or lose-their lives and the world.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- File size: 153932 KB
- Duration: 05:20:41
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- English
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July 31, 1995
In the first book of this clever series, The List of 7, Arthur Conan Doyle met the enigmatic Jack Sparks, a secret agent of sorts who inspired him to create the immortal Sherlock Holmes. Now, 10 years after his presumed death, a greatly changed Sparks reappears-just in time to save Doyle from assassins during a steamship crossing of the Atlantic. Bound for America on a celebrity author tour, Doyle has accidentally become involved in a terrifying scheme, which centers around the theft of great holy books from all over the world and the birth of an unspeakable menace in the Arizona desert. Several others are drawn to a new city outside Phoenix, where an old enemy awaits: Eileen Temple, Doyle's lover from the first book; as do an embittered Native American woman, a Chinese assassin, and a gentle and inquisitive rabbi. Several historical figures, too, make cameo appearances; a chance meeting with Teddy Roosevelt is pure delight, and a visit with Thomas Edison reveals an important plot point. Holmes devotees will be delighted by the way Frost alludes to familiar tales from the Sherlockian canon, and all readers should appreciate the wry contemporary touches that spice up this classical-style, slam-bang adventure.
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