- Fiction, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character)
"Acquired" from a widow whose husband was descended from the distaff side of Holmes's family, this mystery finds Holmes solving a double murder in London's theater district.
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Classical in form, resolved, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Nicholas Meyer
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Books on Tape, Inc., W. W. Norton & Company, Books On Tape
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345290205
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- Fiction
- John H. Watson (Fictitious character)
- Private investigators
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- Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
- Watson, john h. (fictitious character), fiction
- Large type books
- Livres en gros caractères
- Large print books
- Fiction, mystery & detective, historical
- Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character)
“All theatrical London gossiped and speculated about the murder of Jonathan McCarthy when news of it first appeared in the papers.”
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