The Three Locks (A Sherlock Holmes Adventure, Book 4)

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A heatwave melts London as Holmes and Watson are called to action in this new Sherlock Holmes adventure by Bonnie MacBird, author of one of the best Sherlock Holmes novels of recent memory.
In Whitechapel, a renowned Italian escape artist dies spectacularly on stage during a performance immolated in a gleaming copper cauldron of his wifes design. In Cambridge, the runaway daughter of a famous don drowns, her long blonde hair tangled in the Jesus Lock on the River Cam. And in Baker Street, a malevolent locksmith exacts an unusual price to open a small silver box sent to Watson.

From the glow of the London stage to the buzzing Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, where physicists explore the edges of new science of electricity, Holmes and Watson race between the two cities to solve the murders, encountering prevaricating prestidigitators, philandering physicists and murderous mentalists, all the while unlocking secrets which may be best left undisclosed. And one, in particular, lands very close to home.

Reviews

MacBirds artistry will keep readers eagerly turning the pages.
Michael Dirda, Washington Post

Intriguing MacBird artfully alternates among multiple plotlines, maximizing suspense. With its deep probe into the friendship between the detective and the doctor, this is a good choice for fans of Sherlock Holmes.
Publishers Weekly

Perfectly captures the essence of Conan Doyle's fiction.'
Independent

Bonnie MacBirdsThe Three Lockssatisfies a hunger for more adventures of Holmes and Watson on so many levels. Not only does she perfectly capture their voices, she captures that mostcritical elementtheir humanity. Brava!
Leslie S. Klinger, editor,New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

Bonnie MacBirds sly plot and admirable sense of pacing keeps the story twisting and turning in a way that would have kept Doyle himself turning the pages.
Michael Sims, author of Arthur and Sherlock: Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes

Though stage magicfeatures inThe Three Locks, the real magician is author Bonnie MacBird, who once again brings humour, action,rigorous period detail, and the characters we love toherlatestHolmes adventure.
Dennis Palumbo,author of Writing from the Inside Out

Bonnie MacBird has conjured up a captivating three-card monte of murder, mystery and magic. The Three Locks may be her best yet.
Dan Stashower, author ofTeller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle

Skilfully intertwining three very different mysteries, Bonnie MacBirds fourth Sherlock Holmes novel is as intriguing as it is clever.
Love London, Love Culture

MacBird's series grows stronger with each book and she remains the best and most faithful pastiche writer out there today bar none.
The Doylockian

This splendid romp of a novel is packed with twists and turns, effortlessly capturing the chaotic energy of Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes.Cambridge Edition

Author Bio

Bonnie MacBird is a produced screenwriter (TRON) and playwright (many plays and musicals) as well as an accomplished stage actor and writing teacher (UCLA Extension). She holds degrees from Stanford in music and film, and when shes not writing Sherlock Holmes, moonlights as a theatre director and audiobook reader. A long career in Hollywood include stints as a feature film development executive, and multiple Emmy winning producer. Bonnie is a member of the London Sherlock Holmes Society and was recently invested as a member of The Baker Street Irregulars and The Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes. She divides her time between Los Angeles and London where she is hard at work on a sequel to ART IN THE BLOOD and UNQUIET SPIRITS titled DEVILS DUE. Visit her at www.macbird.com.