Sherlock Holmes - The Monster of the Mere
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4.3 • 4 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
When Watson's holiday in the Lake District takes a sinister twist, he and Holmes must uncover the truth hidden by superstitious locals, folklore and rumours of prehistorical monsters far away from the familiar streets of London...
A serene walking holiday in the Lake District becomes a far more sinister excursion for Dr Watson when disappearances and murders start occurring in the small town of Wermeholt.
Local legends, rumours of large slithering reptiles and spooked palaeontologists have the denizens paranoid and terrified, so it is up to Watson and his inbound companion Sherlock Holmes to uncover the truth and discover what is really lurking in the lake…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Purser-Hallard burnishes his reputation as one of the finer Conan Doyle imitators in his superb fourth Holmes outing (after 2022's Masters of Lies), a clever riff on The Hound of the Baskervilles that sees Holmes and Watson probing rumors of a water monster in England's Lake District. A walking tour takes Watson to the town of Wermeholt, on the shores of Lake Wermewater, the supposed home of a snakelike creature known as the Hagworm. Locals believe that when the centuries-old Hagworm appears, it heralds the death of a member of the Wermeston family, who own much of the lake's eastern shore. Soon, Watson encounters a scientific expedition pursuing a different explanation: that the monster is a surviving prehistoric reptile. After someone is found dead from apparent animal wounds, Watson summons Holmes to Wermeholt and the pair set about determining what's really haunting the lake. Purser-Hallard captures Conan Doyle's style and characters perfectly, forging a plot with all the pace and atmosphere of a classic horror film. Sherlockians looking for authenticity in their pastiche will hope this author delivers many more.
