A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure from World War I
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective character is mostly in the public domain now, meaning that anyone should be free to create new tales starring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Novelist George Mann has just published The Spirit Box, a new adventure set in 1915 during the Great War. We’ve got an exclusive excerpt.
As Zeppelins rain death upon the rooftops of London, eminent members of society begin to behave erratically: a Member of Parliament throws himself naked into the Thames after giving a pro-German speech to the House; a senior military advisor suggests surrender before feeding himself to a tiger at London Zoo; a famed suffragette suddenly renounces the women’s liberation movement and throws herself under a train.
In desperation, an aged Mycroft Holmes sends to Sussex for the help of his brother, Sherlock.
Mann is also the author of the Newbury & Hobbes detective novels and the characters make a cameo appearance in The Spirit Box. Our excerpt from Chapter Three has Holmes and Watson visit the War Office to inquire into the death of military adviser Herbert Grange.
Interested readers can check out Chapter One at Tor.com and Chapter Two at CriminalElement.com.
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