by Pink Dots
First published 2019
Sherlock Holmes recounts his own adventures in two remarkable cases: a mutiny that erupts aboard a ship at sea and a treasure hunt that unfolds within a Sussex country house. The detective also encounters his brilliant brother Mycroft, whose deductive powers from his armchair surpass even Holmes's own fieldwork. Yet these cases pale beside the climactic encounter that closes the collection. Holmes meets his greatest adversary, Professor Moriarty, the criminal mastermind known as the Napoleon of Crime. Their struggle appears to end in death for both men, leaving readers to mourn the loss of the great detective while cementing his place in literary immortality.
Genres: classic-literature, 20th-century, adventure, crime, detective, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, enemies-to-lovers
Setting: Sussex, Ship
Period: 19th-Century
258 pages · Paperback · Independently Published