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London, 1895, and a gentleman comes calling at 221B Baker Street. Benjamin Nichols' daughter Hannah has become estranged from him, and has disappeared. Holmes and Watson soon discover that Hannah has joined a religious sect known as the Elysians, three members of which have recently turned up dead. Were these deaths tragic accidents, as the police suspect, or something more sinister? Only by infiltrating the cult will the companions discover the terrifying truth...
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A brand-new Sherlock Holmes novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Cavan Scott.
A mysterious Catholic priest arrives at 221B Baker Street, only to utter the words 'il corpe' before dropping dead. Though the man's death is attributed to cholera, when news of a similar case in Bristol reaches Holmes, he becomes convinced that the priests have been poisoned. He and Watson learn that the men were on a mission from the Vatican to investigate a miracle; it is said that the body of an eighteenth-century philanthropist and slave trader Edwyn Warwick has not decomposed. But should the Pope sanctify a man who made his fortune through slavery? And when Warwick's body is stolen, it becomes clear that the priests' mission has attracted the attention of a deadly conspiracy...
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A HOLY MYSTERY
It is 1891, and a catholic priest arrives at 221b baker street, only to utter the words "il corpe" before suddenly dropping dead.
Though the man's death is attributed to cholera, when news of another dead priest reaches Holmes, he becomes convinced that the men have been poisoned. He and Watson learn that the victims were on a mission from the Vatican to investigate a miracle; it is said that the body of eighteenth-century philanthropist and slave trader Edwyn Warwick has not decomposed. But should the Pope canonise a man who made his fortune through slavery? And when Warwick's body is stolen, it becomes clear that the priests' mission has attracted the attention of a deadly conspiracy...