The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Scroll of the Dead
Holmes attends a seance to unmask an impostor posing as a medium, Sebastian Melmoth, a man hell-bent on obtaining immortality after the discovery of an ancient Egyptian papyrus. It is up to Holmes and Watson to stop him and avert disaster...In this fast-paced adventure, the action moves from...
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Holmes attends a seance to unmask an impostor posing as a medium, Sebastian Melmoth, a man hell-bent on obtaining immortality after the discovery of an ancient Egyptian papyrus. It is up to Holmes and Watson to stop him and avert disaster...In this fast-paced adventure, the action moves from London to the picturesque Lake District as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson once more battle with the forces of evil.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s timeless creation returns in a new series of handsomely designed detective stories. From the earliest days of Holmes’ career to his astonishing encounters with Martian invaders, the Further Adventures series encapsulates the most varied and thrilling cases of the worlds’ greatest detective.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781848564930 (1848564937)
ASIN: 1848564937
Publish date: November 17th 2009
Publisher: Titan Books
Pages no: 208
Edition language: English
Series: Sherlock Holmes Adventures (#3)
I can't do my regular review as I have attempted (with some success) to delete this book from my mind. What I do remember was disappointment, mediocre (at best) writing, and a pitiful mystery. As one incarnation of Sherlock Holmes says: "Bored, Bored, BORED!" I got rid of it practically as soon as I...
I must not read anymore of these until I've read some of the original novels. How can 3 different authors have such different views of such an iconic creation?As an admirer of Egyptian history I was rather looking forward to this story, but that's all it was - a story. Not much substance at all. But...