The Dark Water
Subtitle: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Edition: First Pegasus books edition
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781933648118
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Mystery & Detective - General; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Mystery/Suspense; Mystery & Detective - Traditional British; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
Description: "In a literary tour de force worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, author David Pirie brings his rich familiarity with both the Doyle biography and the Sherlock Holmes canon to a mystifying Victorian tale of vengeance and villainy. The howling man on the heath, a gothic asylum, the walking dead, the legendary witch of Dunwich-perils lurk in every turn of the page throughout this ingenious pastiche, as increasingly bizarre encounters challenge the deductive powers of young Doyle and his mentor, the pioneering criminal investigator Dr. Joseph Bell." -- inside cover.