The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes A Mystery Featuring Shadwell Rafferty, Book Five / Volume 5

"Sherlock Holmes disappears, and police suspect famed detective in kidnapping and murder," reads a New York headline. So begins the fifth mystery in Larry Millett’s series. A letter, written in a secret cipher he recognizes all too well, reveals that an old foe of Holmes — a murderer he once captured after an incredible duel of wits — is back, has kidnapped his previous victim’s widow and is now impersonating Holmes himself. Holmes must once again match wits with a particularly cunning adversary, one whose hatred of Holmes has seemingly become the killer’s single greatest obsession. Chasing the kidnapper from London to New York to Chicago, Holmes and Watson race to keep up. Every move Holmes makes is expected; every trap proves elusive. Only with the assistance of his American cohort, the saloonkeeper Shadwell Rafferty, can Holmes hope to settle the score once and for all — or be framed for the crime himself MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 7 Introduction: The Invisible Made Visible 10 BOXES 15 Streeter House: Father and Son 17 Hawks Boot Factory: As Green As It Gets 31 Chrismer Cabin: The Zen of Nature 39 Ryan Retreat: Artist Lofts 51 Streeter Job Site Trailer: Trailer Talk 61 Streeter Model Home: Hybrid House 67 Bagley Nature Pavilion: Back to Nature 69 Krause Cabin: All in the Family 71 Hyytinen Cabin: Finnish Fit 75 Singleton Hill House: On Difficult Ground 77 Frykholm Phillips House: Raising the Bar 79 Zamzow House: Solar Architecture 81 Cafesjian Tower: High Light 85 Koch Cabin: A Room with a View 87 GABLES 89 Keel Cabin: Five Points of a New Architecture 91 Anderson House: Wonderland 99 Deloia House: Tracings 105 Arvold House: Health and Home 113 Ryan Cabin: Extended Family 121 Johnson Hedlund House: Double Cantilever 129 Anderson Landscape and Sauna: Outdoors 131 Holmes Prototype Cabin: Contractor-Friendly Cabin 132 Fiore Cabin: Life’s Asymmetries 133 Jorgenson Sundquist House: Downsizing 135 Country House: Rural Geometry 137 WINDBREAKS 139 Golob Freeman Cabin: Strangely Familiar 141 Matthew Cabin: Client Confidence 147 Yingst Retreat and Pavilion: The Uses of Enchantment 155 Schifman House: Drama on the Lake 169 Odeh House: Out of the Box 171 SHEDS 173 Roland Cabins: Reducing Our Footprint 175 Cotruvo House: This World So Many Have Left 183 Johnson Cabin: Family Heirloom 189 Grams Cabin: The Lake in Your Lap 191 Brogan House: Up from the Ashes 193 Taylor Whitehill Cabin: Incremental Living 195 Nelson House: Owner Built 197 Ramberg Cabin: Trail Blazing 199 CLUSTERS 201 Clure Project: Compound Interest 203 Salmela House: Live/Work/Play 213 Jackson Meadow: Game Theory 221 Goldner House: Semblance of a Whole 229 Winton House: Scandinavian Immigrant Abstraction 237 Models 6 and 7: Model Modesty 240 Ireland Retreat: Irish Cream 242 Bodin Development: Small-town Urbanity 244 Depot Hill Equestrian Community: Well Bred 246 Stoney Lonesome Farm: Growing Community 248 Frances Graham Equestrian Center: Living with Horses 250 Dorsey Creek Ranch: Fly In 252 Awards 253 Building Credits 255

“Even though it’s bold, it doesn’t shout at you,” David Salmela says of the silvery house he designed for a woodsy setting in Deephaven, Minnesota. “It’s not a barking dog. It’s a resting, very gentle animal.” The American Institute of Architects, conferring its 2008 Housing Award, was more direct: the house was, in the words of the jury, “brilliantly designed.” The Streeter house is just one of fifty-one notable projects by Minnesota architect Salmela featured in The Invisible Element of Place.

Thomas Fisher explores both the beauty and the practicality of Salmela’s award-winning designs—and offers insight into how an architectural firm as small and remote as Salmela’s has been able to produce such consistently remarkable and internationally recognized results. Profiling such building projects as Jackson Meadow, a conservation community that has become a nationwide model; the Hawks Boot Factory, Zamzow house, and Bagley Nature Pavilion, which emphasize green building, solar power, and the use of natural light; and the Chrismer, Koch, Fiore, Roland, Ramberg, and Grams cabins, meshing clients’ particular needs and the land’s peculiar constraints, this book provides a rare vision of architectural design.

Gorgeous images from one of the nation’s most unique architectural photographers showcase how Salmela’s designs work in concert with individual wishes, environmental concerns, and artistic understanding, and his breathtaking buildings reflect the Midwest’s culture, history, and, ideally, its future.

SHERLOCK HOLMES DISAPPEARS, POLICE SUSPECT FAMED DETECTIVE IN KIDNAPPING AND MURDER reads a New York headline. So begins the fifth mystery in Larry Millett’s series.

A letter, written in a secret cipher he recognizes all too well, reveals that an old foe of Holmes-a murderer he once captured after an incredible duel of wits-is back, has kidnapped his previous victim’s widow, and is now impersonating Holmes himself. Holmes must once again match wits with a particularly cunning adversary, one whose hatred of Holmes has seemingly become the killer’s single greatest obsession.

Chasing the kidnapper from London to New York to Chicago, Holmes and Watson race to keep up. Every move Holmes makes is expected; every trap proves elusive. Only with the assistance of his American cohort, the saloonkeeper Shadwell Rafferty, can Holmes hope to settle the score once and for all-or be framed for the crime himself.

Nonstop suspense unfolds as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel from London to New York to Chicago in pursuit of a vicious and cunning killer