Sherlock Holmes - The Spider's Web
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $9.99
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Publisher Description
Sherlock Holmes meets Oscar Wilde in this brand-new mystery inspired by The Importance of Being Earnest.
It is 1897, and Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate a mysterious death at a society ball, hosted by a family with a remarkable past.
After an unidentified man pitches to his death from a balcony during a party hosted by the famed Ernest Moncrieff, Viscount Goring asks Holmes and Watson to prove the innocence of his wife, who is suspected of the crime. But members of this elite circle, including the indomitable Lady Bracknell, are just as concerned with their interference as they are the identity of the murderer. For though the history of Ernest Moncrieff, alias Jack Worthing, is well known, there may be more to the story of his discovery as a baby in a handbag at Victoria Station. And why did the dead man give his name as 'Mr Bunbury'? Soon Holmes and Watson are on the trail of a mysterious blackmailer who trades in the shameful secrets of an elite circle.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Inspired by the works of Oscar Wilde, Purser-Hallard's sequel to 2019's Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man again displays the author's remarkable facility at conjuring the spirit of Conan Doyle's originals. One night, Lord Goring, a member of London society, arrives at Baker Street and implores Holmes to accompany him to a house in Mayfair, where a fancy ball has been disrupted by the discovery of a corpse. An unknown man lies dead in the back garden after falling from a balcony. Since the dead man is clutching a brooch with a spider design on it belonging to Goring's wife, the nobleman fears the police will suspect her of pushing the man to his death. When Holmes arrives at the scene of the crime, he encounters Lady Bracknell, Algernon Moncrieff, and other Wilde characters who can't help displaying a gift for wit ("I consider it unconscionably presumptuous to fall to one's death from the balcony of a perfect stranger"). Watson fans will applaud his major role in the subsequent investigation. Sherlockians and Wildeans alike will embrace Purser-Hallard.
