Sherlock Holmes & the Three Winter Terrors

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1889. The First Terror. At a boys' prep school in the Kent marshes, a pupil is found drowned in a pond. Could this be the fulfilment of a witch's curse from four hundred years earlier 1890. The Second Terror. A wealthy man dies of a heart attack at his London townhouse. Was he really frightened to death by ghosts 1894. The Third Terror. A body is discovered in the dark woods near a Surrey country manor, hideously ravaged. Is the culprit a cannibal, as the evidence suggests These three chilling and strangely linked crimes test Sherlock Holmes's deductive powers, and his scepticism about the supernatural, to the limit.

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"The gift of a 'new' Sherlock Holmes mystery for the holiday season is just what we hoped Father Christmas would bring us this year.... SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE THREE WINTER TERRORS will chill readers to the bone, and this complete trilogy makes for another Holmes masterpiece." - BookReporter

"The solid characterizations match the imaginative plotting."-PublishersWeekly


Praise for James Lovegroves Sherlock Holmes novels:

"Lovegrove has nailed Doyles writing style Its as if the story were written by Doyle himself." - New York Journal of Books

"Lovegrove is a grandmaster of the Sherlock Holmes homage" - The Guardian

"A rip-roaring tale full of atmosphere, suspense and adventure" - The Sherlock Holmes Journal

"A wonderful addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon" - Criminal Element

"A ripping yarn told with style and gusto Brilliant" - Starburst

"Canonical characterizations complement the ingenious plot" - Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

James Lovegrove is the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin. He has been short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and reviews fiction for the Financial Times. He is the author of the Dragon-Award winning Firefly: The Ghost Machine, Firefly: The Magnificent Nine, and Firefly: Big Damn Hero with Nancy Holder. He has written many acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, including Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon. He lives in Eastbourne in the UK.