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Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels
by Roberts, Barrie
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0727865110
- ISBN 13
- 9780727865113
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Severn House Publishers. Collectible - Like New. First edition copy. Collectible - Like New. Like New dust jacket.
Reviews
On Feb 7 2011, Pkentjones said:
This is the ninth and final Sherlockian novel by Barrie Roberts. That is, of course, unless my friend Andrew Gulli has another tucked away somewhere. Nine novels and eight short stories is a regretably small output from so talented a writer as Mr. Roberts. In my opinion, he had a knack for capturing Dr. Watson in his tales in very much the same way as he appears in the Canon. Others will surely disagree, but most will concede Roberts had the gift of storytelling and an ear for Sherlockian dialogue. ‘Angels’ is an odd tale, as are most of Barrie’s novels. Holmes notes a set of coded messages in the newspapers, solves the code and learns of a scheduled meeting between the two carrying on the conversation. He and Watson decide to observe this meeting and, instead, find a dead body. Shortly, another corpse is found and it appears that both the correspondants have been killed by yet another party. As things progress, Holmes acquires a client, the venue moves to far rural Scotland and the politics of the situation become very complicated.The ‘Angels’ of the title are found to be gold coins, minted by Bonnie Prince Charlie and the passle of rogues chasing them includes Americans, Scotsmen and Irish, all muddled up together. A murder method unique to the Inuit is put to use and stones placed by the aboriginal inhabitants of Western Europe provide a solution to a mystery. Holmes and Watson alternately chase and are chased, the list of suspects grows and shrinks with surprising regularity and the police provide good comic relief.The resolution of the mystery is typical of Roberts. Holmes clears all the mystery away and everything is explained, in some detail. This is, to my mind, the weak point in Roberts’ writing, no loose ends are left to dangle and everthing is explained. I have never found this to be true in real life and I suspect it in a mystery. It is permissable, perhaps, in shorter stories, but novel-length tales should have some room for the unexpected and the unexplained. Such things occur daily, to all of us.Reviewed by: Philip K. Jones; March, 2010.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wonder Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J00E-00081
- Title
- Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels
- Author
- Roberts, Barrie
- Book Condition
- New Collectible - Like New
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0727865110
- ISBN 13
- 9780727865113
- Publisher
- Severn House Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Ny
- This edition first published
- July 1, 2007
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Wonder Book
Biblio member since 2003
Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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