num_pages: 240
description: How did Sherlock Homes come into possession of a true Stradivarius?  Who was the one true love of the great detective's life?  And what shattering disappointment left the detective with feelings of overwhelming melancholy?  As Holmes's great friend, Dr. Watson, sets out to answer these questions and recount the thrilling "lost" adventure of Holmes's attempt to rescue the love of his life from a mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, his own life is threatened by a figure in a familiar Inverness coat and deerstalker cap.In this extraordinary novel, Sena Jeter Naslund, author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller Ahab's Wife, brilliantly reweaves the colorfully cryptic, fog-enshrouded world of Sherlock in Love is at once a rewarding entertainment and a remarkable homage to the greatest sleuth in literature.
language: English
title: Sherlock in Love
titlecomplete: Sherlock in Love
characters: Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Dr. John Watson
genres: Historical Mystery, Historical, Mystery, Adult Fiction, Detective, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 504
publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks