by Graham Moore
First published 2011
Arthur Conan Doyle walks the gas-lit streets of Victorian London with a new obsession. While the world grieves over Sherlock Holmes's death at Reichenbach Falls, Doyle pursues a real murderer who preys on vulnerable suffragettes. He teams up with Bram Stoker to track down clues about the missing women. Their investigation leads to a devastating revelation that destroys their friendship forever. A century later, literary researcher Harold White discovers the world's top Sherlock Holmes scholar murdered in his hotel room. White recognizes the killer's clues, hidden references only a Holmes expert would understand. His search for the murderer leads him to Conan Doyle's lost diary and a secret the author was willing to die to protect. Two mysteries separated by a hundred years converge as White races to solve both cases before the killer strikes again.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, crime, thriller, detective, 21st-century, 19th-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, historical-mystery, literary-mystery
Setting: London, Reichenbach Falls, Victorian London
Period: 19th Century, 20th Century, 21st Century
300 pages · Paperback · Century