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"A rollicking adventure story . . . [that] puts a superb spin on the intellectual byplay between Holmes and Watson. . . . Splendidly written homage."-Chicago Sun-Times With a case as confounding as any in the original Holmes canon and a tale so terrifying it lay hidden for more than a century in Dr. Watson's dispatch box, Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra begins familiarly enough. Elizabeth Trent, a bereft widow determined to clear her husband's name of both suicide and show more embezzlement, visits literature's most celebrated detective at his Baker Street flat.Within hours, though, Mrs. Trent herself is dead, and her curious suicide note draws Holmes and Watson into a hunt for a brutal murderer that takes them from England to Egypt, to India, and finally to the city Mrs. Trent has fled-rich, mysterious Singapore. Throughout the course of their sea journey Holmes and Watson contend with a series of formidable foes, and continually the two travelers uncover connections between their enemies and the cunning, ruthless colonial master of Singapore, Lord Barington. They also find an ally in the captain of the Prophet, who tutors them in the mysteries of Bada-a nation of subhumans ruled by the gigantic rat Harat. And in the exquisite Widow Han, keeper of the secrets of Singapore, they find an ally and more, as her exotic charms threaten to undo even the inscrutable sleuth's defenses against the fair sex. show lessTags
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With a title like that, you know it's not meant to be taken seriously. I'm fine with that. But well, it wasn't any fun either. One of Watson's acquaintances comes asking for help only to be murdered the next day by a mysteriously rodentine assailant. Holmes and Watson set off to Asia to track down the bad guy. Watson turns into a ladies' man, ending up in a Singapore brothel. Holmes has a crush on a Chinese woman. They find the bad guy and kill him.
And yet, like I said, it wasn't much fun. I got pretty tired of it. The whole romantic angle added nothing to the story. The only thing I liked about it was Captain Macdougall, a strangely named African Muslim. I liked him a lot. Whenever he left the story, I got bored.
Maybe for Holmesians, show more but I'm not going to read more by this author. show less
And yet, like I said, it wasn't much fun. I got pretty tired of it. The whole romantic angle added nothing to the story. The only thing I liked about it was Captain Macdougall, a strangely named African Muslim. I liked him a lot. Whenever he left the story, I got bored.
Maybe for Holmesians, show more but I'm not going to read more by this author. show less
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