Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon / Larry Millett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millett, Larry, 1947-

Series:

Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series.

The Fesler-Lampert Minnesota heritage book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character).

Watson, John H. (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Watson, John H. (Fictitious character).

Rafferty, Shadwell (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Rafferty, Shadwell (Fictitious character).

Private investigators--Minnesota--Fiction.

Private investigators.

British--Minnesota--Fiction.

British.

Minnesota--Fiction.

Minnesota.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st University of Minnesota Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the summer of 1994, a workman at the historic mansion of railroad baron James J. Hill in St. Paul, Minnesota, stumbles on a long-hidden wall safe. When experts arrive to open the safe and examine its contents, they make an astonishing discovery. There, inside, is a handwritten manuscript bearing the signature of John H. Watson, M.D. The manuscript contains the story of how Sherlock Holmes and Watson traveled to Minnesota to track a murderous arsonist--known only as the Red Demon--who is threatening both Hill and his Great Northern Railway. Set against the backdrop of the real, devastating H

Contents:

Cover; SHERLOCK HOLMES and the RED DEMON; Introduction; Chapter One: ""How Is It Possible to Burn Down a Railroad?""; Chapter Two: ""It Is a Perfect Atmosphere for Mischief""; Chapter Three: ""Let Us Begin with Our Noses""; Chapter Four: ""We Have a Shadow""; Chapter Five: ""I Was Awakened by the Smell of Smoke""; Chapter Six: ""He Is a Giant of a Man""; Chapter Seven: ""I Am Always Pleased to Speak with a Gentleman""; Chapter Eight: ""Have the Twins Been Too Much for You?""; Chapter Nine: ""His Only Crime Is That He Works Hard""; Chapter Ten: ""Do You Suppose He Could Have Drowned Here?""

Chapter Eleven: ""I Smell the Blood of an Englishman""Chapter Twelve: ""I Cannot Discern the Dark Heart of the Matter""; Chapter Thirteen: ""I Have Been a Fool!""; Chapter Fourteen: ""Exactly How Was Mr. Mortimer Killed?""; Chapter Fifteen: ""He Was a Very Clever Cat""; Chapter Sixteen: ""Watson! Are You All Right?""; Chapter Seventeen: ""He Began Ranting about the Railroads""; Chapter Eighteen: ""My God, the Clouds Are on Fire!""; Chapter Nineteen: ""You Are Mad!""; Chapter Twenty: ""The Greatest Failure of My Career""; Epilogue: ""I Shall Never Forget Our Afternoon Together""; Notes

Author's Note

Notes:

"A Minnesota Mystery."

ISBN:

0-8166-7712-3

OCLC:

733040289