Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage) - Softcover

Millett, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816674833 ISBN 13: 9780816674831

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2011

Synopsis

In the summer of 1994, a workman at the historic mansion of railroad baron James J. Hill in St. Paul, Minnesota, stumbles on a long-hidden wall safe. When experts arrive to open the safe and examine its contents, they make an astonishing discovery. There, inside, is a handwritten manuscript bearing the signature of John H. Watson, M.D.
The manuscript contains the story of how Sherlock Holmes and Watson traveled to Minnesota to track a murderous arsonist—known only as the Red Demon—who is threatening both Hill and his Great Northern Railway. Set against the backdrop of the real, devastating Hinckley forest fire of 1894, Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon is the tense and atmospheric first novel in Larry Millett’s classic series of adventures that brought Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to Minnesota.

About this title

About the Author:

Larry Millett was a reporter and architecture critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press for thirty years. He is the author of fifteen books, including five other mystery novels in the series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Shadwell Rafferty, all forthcoming in new editions from the University of Minnesota Press.

Review:

"One of the best Holmeses since the originals." —John Sandford

"Not only is his Minnesota history excellent, but his history of Sherlock Holmes and his adventures is remarkable. A classic mystery." —Steve Thayer

"An eminently credible adventure for fans of the magnificent consulting detective." —San Jose Mercury News

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0816674833
• ISBN 13: 9780816674831
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336