Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage) - Softcover

Millett, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816674825 ISBN 13: 9780816674824

Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2011

Synopsis

The year is 1896, and St. Paul’s magnificent Winter Carnival is under way when Holmes and Watson are summoned by the city’s most powerful man, railroad magnate James J. Hill. A wealthy young man disappears on the eve of his wedding—and his fiancée suspiciously discards her wedding dress. After a grisly discovery in the carnival’s Ice Palace leads to a flurry of clues, Holmes is on the case. His pursuit of the murderer takes him through the highest echelons of St. Paul society and into cahoots with Shadwell Rafferty, a gregarious saloonkeeper and part-time private investigator. Soon Holmes, Watson, and Rafferty are embroiled in a perilous adventure that takes them from one frozen corner of the city to another and out onto the treacherous ice of the Mississippi River as they trail a cruel and ruthless killer.

About this title

About the Author:

Larry Millett was a reporter and architecture critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press for thirty years. He is the author of fifteen books, including five other mystery novels in the series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Shadwell Rafferty, all forthcoming in new editions from the University of Minnesota Press.

From AudioFile:

Subtitled as "The American Chronicles of John H. Watson, M.D.," Larry Millett reinvents the mythic sleuth Sherlock Holmes and brings him to North America and the icy waters of the Mississippi in this deceptive case. Bringing all the suave confidence to Holmes is acclaimed British actor Simon Prebble. He has an added challenge of switching--sometimes hastily, as the text demands--between British and American dialects, but he seems to do this without much difficulty and with barely perceptible flaws. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE ICE PALACE MURDERS is certainly an audiobook to add to a Holmes fan's collection. R.A.P. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0816674825
• ISBN 13: 9780816674824
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336