Sherlock Holmes and The Mystery of the Three Monks

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Three Monks is written by Johanna Rieke. This English-language edition was first published in Frankfurt in 2014 and is the third of her works to appear in English with MX Publishing.

Key details

• Author: Johanna Rieke
• ISBN: 9781787056930
• Length: 168 pages
• First published in Frankfurt (2014)
• Third of the author’s works to be published in English with MX Publishing

Synopsis

Set in the summer of 1890 in Robertsbridge, a small village in East Sussex, the story follows Dr Watson while he is on holiday without Holmes. What first appears quiet soon feels charged, as Watson senses fear among the villagers and a growing sense of threat.

Questions gather around the ruined abbey and its three white monks, a gipsy’s search, and the disappearance of a ten-year-old boy. When Watson calls for Holmes, the stakes become clear, not least in Holmes’s concern about putting lives at risk. Patient deduction and courage combine as the mystery unfolds towards a looming disaster.

About the author

Johanna M. Rieke was born in Germany and is a mathematician and author. Her historic Sherlock Holmes stories, six up to 2021, are known in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and have appeared in German in both book and audio form, with presentations at the annual Frankfurt Book Fair. She is a member of the Sherlock Holmes Societies of Germany and London and of the Reichenbach Irregulars in Switzerland, where she lives near Basel.

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