« The Spirit Box » George Mann

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German zeppelins rain down death on London, and Dr. Watson is grieving for his nephew, killed on the fields of france. A cryptic summons from Mycroft Holmes reunites Watson with his one–time companion, as Sherlock returns to the capital after years in retirement, tasked with solving three unexplained deaths.



A politician has drowned in the Thames after giving a pro–German speech; a soldier suggests surrender before feeding himself to a tiger; and a suffragette renounces women’s liberation and throws herself under a train.



Are these apparent suicides something more sinister, something to do with the mysterious Spirit Box? Their investigation leads them to Ravensthorpe House, and the curious Seaton Underwood, a man whose spectrographs are said to capture men’s souls…

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Language English
Author George Mann
Year Titan Books, 2019
First Published 2014
ISBN 9781781160091
Amazon ID B00N6WTYXI
Google Books ID rmy_BgAAQBAJ

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