![]() ![]() Holmes went to stand at the black coffin, although I should employ the correct term ‘sarcophagus’-this one profusely covered with etchings of those mysterious hieroglyphs and, almost covering one side, a large eye of Horus, that ancient symbol of magical protection composed of flowing lines. A man implores Holmes to save his daughter who might well be the victim of a terrible curse invoked by a pagan god from the bloody age of the Vikings.The great detective goes in search of an old friend through a grim landscape of trenches, barbed wire and shell craters in a world scarred by war.Holmes and Watson descend into ocean depths in a diving bell, hunting for the source of an uncanny voice that haunts all that hear it.Holmes’ forensic examination of ancient Egyptian mummies that are not what they first seem… nor do they remain as motionless as the dead should be.This substantial collection, of more than eighty thousand words, features several novella length tales that venture into the eeriest of territories and the strangest of encounters, including: ![]() Simon Clark has been writing Holmes stories for over twenty years, and has also edited two anthologies, The Mammoth Book of Sherlock Holmes Abroad and Sherlock Holmes’ School for Detection for Robinson. ![]() Written in the classic manner of the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Simon Clark presents seven occult tales that plunge Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson into a series of adventures that are as mysterious as they are deadly. Watson in their most imaginative adventures! The trade paperback edition is in stock now! ![]()
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