Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg tiara
By: Alan Vanneman.
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Holmes, Sherlock (fictitious character) -- Fiction; Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Private investigators -- Europe -- Fiction; Orient Express (Express train) -- Fiction; British -- Europe -- Fiction; Railroad travel -- Fiction; Jewelry theft -- Fiction; Europe -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "[I]n London, in the middle of the night. Holmes and Watson are summoned to a crime scene that, not so familiarly, seems to vanish before their eyes, as they find themselves with neither evidence nor a client. They do not want for opposition, however; not for long, not with the governments of three great empires arrayed against them. As Holmes strives to unmask his most cunning, ruthless, and elusive foe, he is transported into a world of high finance rife with intrigue and crime. With a cast of characters that includes the enchanting lady of fortune Countess D'Espinau and historical greats like Winston Churchill and Cecil Rhodes as well as a poorest-of-the-poor beggar girl whom Watson adopts, Holmes follows a trail that leads ultimately and unpredictably to the fabled and fabulous lost Hapsburg tiara."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "An Otto Penzler book."