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''Skilfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child, this is historical crime-writing at its best'' John Williams, the Mail on Sunday on The Year of the Gun

The follow-up to the acclaimed The Year of the Gun and the fourth book in ''a great new series'' (Mick Herron, author of Bad Actors).

1914.

Sherlock Holmes has been murdered.

Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes'' protégée, suspects a German spy.

However, Europe is descending into the chaos of the First World War. Captain Kell of Military Intelligence has limited resources, and more pressing matters on his mind.

Wiggins is on his own. Almost. He pursues Holmes'' killer across the continent, but as grief and rage close in it''s not just the killer that eludes his grasp . . .

''Engaging series of historical thrillers... The story rattles along at pace, the characters a

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      Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
      Published 1/16/2024
      ISBN-13 9781399702621
      978-1399702621
      ISBN-10 1399702629

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Skilfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child, this is historical crime-writing at its best'' John Williams, the Mail on Sunday on The Year of the Gun

      The follow-up to the acclaimed The Year of the Gun and the fourth book in ''a great new series'' (Mick Herron, author of Bad Actors).

      1914.

      Sherlock Holmes has been murdered.

      Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes'' protégée, suspects a German spy.

      However, Europe is descending into the chaos of the First World War. Captain Kell of Military Intelligence has limited resources, and more pressing matters on his mind.

      Wiggins is on his own. Almost. He pursues Holmes'' killer across the continent, but as grief and rage close in it''s not just the killer that eludes his grasp . . .

      ''Engaging series of historical thrillers... The story rattles along at pace, the characters a

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