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Bezig met laden... The Silver Horse, Braised: A New Sherlock Holmes Mystery Book 16door Craig Stephen Copland
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Great title but more likely broiled or grilled rather than braised. Insights into thoroughbred racing are a serious void in Holmes's knowledge base. Watson fills in the gaps nicely but the mystery lingers. One of Copland's beauteous McGuffins who also play cards extremely well appears years later to create a second opportunity for Holmes to solve the mystery. One of the better stories of this continuingly interesting series. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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THE SILVER HORSE, BRAISED. The greatest horse race of the century, with the best five-year-olds of England running against the best of America, will take place in a week at Epsom Downs. Millions have been bet on the winners. Owners, jockeys, grooms, and gamblers from across England arrive. So too do a host of colorful characters from the racetracks of America. Rumors of false statistics, threats, bribes, the administering of opiates to horse or rider, immoral seductions, abductions, and even murders are abounding. Scotland Yard is concerned. When a famous jockey is mysteriously killed while practicing on one of the favorites, Sherlock Holmes is called in.Before the race, everything appears to be in order. The race is run and an incredible white horse emerges as the winner by over twenty-five lengths. Celebrations are in order and good times are had. And that night disaster strikes. More deaths, of both men and beasts, take place. Holmes identifies several suspects and then, to his great disappointment and frustration, he fails to prove that any of them committed the crime.Until ...This completely original mystery is a tribute to the original Sherlock Holmes story, Silver Blaze. It also borrows from the great racetrack stories of Damon Runyon. Fans of both of these wonderful writers will enjoy seeing Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade - assisted by Harry the Horse, Little Miss Marker, Sorrowful, and the nameless narrator - as they finally bring the culprits to justice.The original Sherlock Holmes story that inspired this one is appended to the paperback edition of this book. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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