Sherlock Holmes and the Hearthstone Manuscript

Sherlock Holmes and the American Literati, Book 10

By: Daniel D. Victor

Narrated by: Ben Carling

During his first trip to England in 1899, murder was the last thing that Hamlin Garland, the so-called "Dean of American Letters," expected to find. More predictable were his descriptions of American baseball and visits with notables like Arthur Conan Doyle and George Bernard Shaw. Yet when Garland tells Sherlock Holmes of a suspicious death that occurred at Hearthstone Hall, the detective replies, "You have described the ingredients of a classic murder mystery-a dead dowager empress and a collection of courtiers any one of whom might be the killer." From the ominous confines of a gothic manor house to the foreboding terrain of the Devil's Punchbowl, Garland, Holmes, and Dr. Watson seek to thwart a cold-blooded killer before the list of victims expands any further.

©2024 Daniel Victor (P)2024 MX Publishing

Excellent presentation.

Fine reading by Ben Carling. Cool references to baseball. Hamlin Garland is an interesting author.

Entertaining story!

Good book in the Sherlock Holmes & The American Literati series by Daniel D. Victor. In addition to the engaging Sherlock Holmes story, it’s interesting to learn about the poet and novelist Hamlin Garland. The narration is excellent.

Dog cry’s in the night

Hamlin Garland on his first trip to England, is evolved in a death of a friend’s mother. As a writer he records everything that is happening and it bothers him. This provides the reason to approach Sherlock Holmes for an answer.