Sherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf Enigma (Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota #6)

Dogged By Depression, Doubt, And As A Trip To The Mayo Clinic Has Revealed Emphysema, 66-year-old Sherlock Holmes Is Preparing To Return To England When He Receives A Shock: A Note Slipped Under His Hotel Room Door, From A Vicious Murderer He'd Nearly Captured In Munich In 1892. The Murderer, Known As The Monster Of Munich, Announces That He Has Relocated To Eisendorf, A Tiny Village Near The Mayo Clinic In Rochester, Minnesota. If Holmes Is Not What He Once Was, The Same Can Be Said For Eisendorf: Once A Thriving Community Founded By German Idealists But Now A Dying Town With Only Forty Residents, Two Of Whom Have, Indeed, Died Recently Under Highly Mysterious Circumstances. Replete With All The Gothic Richness Of Larry Millett's Earlier Holmes Novels, Sherlock Holmes And The Eisendorf Enigma Links Events In 1892 Germany With Those In Small-town Minnesota In 1920 In A Double Mystery That Tests The Aging Detective S Mettle And The Reader S Nerve As Never Before. Guided By Eisendorf's Peculiar Archivist And Taunted By The Monster, Holmes Finds Himself Drawn Into The Town's Dark History Of Violence And Secrecy, And Into The Strange Tunnels That Underscore The Old Flour Mill Where Answers, And Grievous Danger, Lie In Wait. No Longer The Cool, Flawless Logician Of Times Past, Holmes Must Nonetheless Match Wits With A Fiendish Opponent Who Taunts Him Right Up To A Final, Explosive Confrontation. A Trip To The Mayo Clinic Has Revealed Emphysema, And A Depressed Sherlock Holmes Is Preparing To Return To England. He Receives A Shock When A Note Slipped Under His Hotel Room Door Is From A Vicious Murderer He'd Nearly Captured In Munich In 1892. Known As The Monster Of Munich, He Announces That He Has Relocated To Eisendorf, A Tiny Village Near The Mayo Clinic In Rochester, Minnesota. Guided By Eisendorf's Peculiar Archivist And Taunted By The Monster, Holmes Finds Himself Drawn Into The Town's Dark History Of Violence And Secrecy, And Into The Strange Tunnels That Underscore The Old Flour Mill Where Answers, And Grievous Danger, Lie In Wait. Larry Millett. Dogged by depression, doubt, and--as a trip to the Mayo Clinic has revealed--emphysema, sixty-six-year-old Sherlock Holmes is preparing to return to England when he receives a shock: a note slipped under his hotel room door, from a vicious murderer he'd nearly captured in Munich in 1892. The murderer, known as the Monster of Munich, announces that he has relocated to Eisendorf, a tiny village near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. If Holmes is not what he once was, the same can be said for Eisendorf: once a thriving community founded by German idealists but now a dying town with only forty residents--two of whom have, indeed, died recently under highly mysterious circumstances. Replete with all the gothic richness of Larry Millett's earlier Holmes novels, Sherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf Enigma links events in 1892 Germany with those in small-town Minnesota in 1920 in a double mystery that tests the aging detective's mettle--and the listener's nerve--as never before. Guided by Eisendorf's peculiar archivist and taunted by the Monster, Holmes finds himself drawn into the town's dark history of violence and secrecy, and into the strange tunnels that underscore the old flour mill where answers, and grievous danger, lie in wait. No longer the cool, flawless logician of times past, Holmes must nonetheless match wits with a fiendish opponent who taunts him right up to a final, explosive confrontation COVER Half-title page Also by Larry Millett Title page Copyright page Sherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf Enigma Map of Eisendorf Prologue Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 From the Journals of Dr. John Watson Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Epilogue Author bio Sherlock Holmes is preparing to leave Minnesota and return to England when a note slips under his hotel room door, from a vicious murderer he'd nearly captured in Munich in 1892, announcing his relocation to Eisendorf, a tiny village near Roches