The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes

david pirie

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.

Genres mysteryfictionhistorical fictionhistorical mysteryvictorian19th centurybritish literaturecrimemystery thrillermurder mystery

320 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1,2003

Series

Arthur Conan Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell

This edition

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Published: September 1, 2006 by Pegasus Books
ISBN: 9781933648118
ASIN: 1933648112
Language: English

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Arthur Conan Doyle (goodreads)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish writer and medical doctor. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 when he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and more than fifty short stories about Holmes and Dr....
Joseph Bell

Joseph Bell FRCSE (1837 - 1911) was a Scottish surgeon and lecturer at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh in the 19th century. He is best known as an inspiration for the literary character Sherlock Holmes....