Sherlock in Love - Softcover

Naslund, Sena Jeter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0688178448 ISBN 13: 9780688178444

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2017

Synopsis

How did Sherlock Homes come into possession of a true Stardivarius? Who was the one true love of the great detective's life? And what shattering disappointment left the detective with feelings of overwhelming melancholy? As Holme's great friend, Dr. Watson, sets out to answer these questions and recount the thrilling "lost" adventure of Holmes's attempt to rescue the love of his life from a mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, his own life is threatened by a figure in a familiar Inverness coat and deerstalker cap.

In this extraordinary novel, Sena Jeter Naslund, author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller Ahab's Wife, brilliantly reweaves the colorfully cryptic, fog-enshrouded world of Sherlock in Love is at once a rewarding entertainment and a remarkable homage to the greatest sleuth in literature.

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Review:

"Orginal and affecting...Naslund has constructed an intricate plot...usually poignant."-- "Los Angeles Times"Loaded with surprise and twists of plot appropriate to Sherlock Holmes. Irresistible."-- "The State"A triumphant reimagining of the Sherlock Holmes canon that identifies, once and for all, the great love of the detective's life, "-- "Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Sena Jeter Naslund is a cofounder and program director of the Spalding University (Louisville) brief-residency MFA in Writing, where she edits The Louisville Review and Fleur-de-Lis Press. A winner of the Harper Lee Award and the Southeastern Library Association Fiction award, she is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including Ahab's Wife, a finalist for the Orange Prize. She recently retired from her position as Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Louisville.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0688178448
• ISBN 13: 9780688178444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 242