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Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff of Nightmares

By: James Lovegrove
Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
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It’s the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, antimonarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence.

Sherlock Holmes believes Professor Moriarty is orchestrating a nationwide campaign of terror, but to what end? At the same time, a bizarrely garbed figure has been spotted on the rooftops and in the grimy back alleys of the capital.

He moves with the extraordinary agility of a latter-day Spring-heeled Jack. He possesses weaponry and armor of unprecedented sophistication. He is known only by the name Baron Cauchemar, and he appears to be a scourge of crime and villainy. But is this masked man truly the force for good that he seems? Is he connected somehow to the bombings?

Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson are about to embark on one of their strangest and most exhilarating adventures yet.

©2022 James Lovegrove (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing Historical Mystery Fiction Sherlock Holmes Detective
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The well loved characters are as we know them in this portrayal, but with more creative story lines. Well narrated, easy to listen to, and enjoyable.

Sherlock Holmes meets steam punk

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I've read each "real" Sherlock story many times and also a good few of the modern copies. This is much better than most of the stories out there. Well worth a listen

One of the better tributes

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I found it a bit tedious and long winded - but when I came to the chapter describing horrendous sexual violence on a young woman - I called it quits. Not what you would expect for a Holmes story at all.

Sexual violence - not real Holmes material!

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