A Modern Odysseus

Letteratura - novelette (28 pagine) - A chilling Holmesian mystery where the greatest crime may be the cover-up itself.

In A Modern Odysseus, Mycroft Holmes finds himself entangled in a grisly mystery at a Buckinghamshire estate, where dogs are brutally slain and eviscerated. As he and an Irish inspector investigate, a chilling link emerges to Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson—and the toxic potential of animal organs. Set against the simmering tensions of June 1914, this tale masterfully weaves detective intrigue with questions of morality, heroism, and statecraft, revealing how inconvenient truths are often buried to serve greater national interests.

London businessman, Orlando Pearson is the creator of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes series, which buries forever the idea that Sherlock Holmes might not have been a historical person.

Do you want to see Sherlock Holmes come to the rescue of Queen Victoria, arrange the borders of post-war Europe, clear Macbeth of murder, unravel King Oedipus’s complexities, or provide advice to the Almighty? Then you will find all this and more in the seven collections of short stories, two novels, and the six plays in the series.

When not communing with the spirits of 221b, Orlando enjoys sport, music, and browsing price comparison websites.

He has written Sherlock Holmes stories on all these topics.