Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The London Dock Deaths

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The London Dock Deaths is a Sherlock Holmes novel by Margaret Walsh. This edition is identified by ISBN 9781787056367 and has 198 pages.

Key details

• Author: Margaret Walsh
• ISBN: 9781787056367
• Length: 198 pages

Synopsis

Set in August 1889 during the Great London Dock Strike, the story opens in London’s East End when a man is found stabbed to death near the Ten Bells public house. While the police dismiss the incident as a drunken brawl, the victim’s brother insists it was murder and turns to Sherlock Holmes to examine the circumstances.

As tensions rise between dock owners and dock workers, Holmes and Watson, with assistance from Inspector Lestrade, are drawn into a darker side of the city where danger is close at hand. A review from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London notes the inclusion of Inspector Edmund Reid, a real-life detective associated with the 1888 Jack the Ripper investigations. Suitable for readers who enjoy Sherlock Holmes mysteries set against a vividly realised London backdrop.

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