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The Adventure of the Burning Portrait
Paperback
Series: 21st Century Holmes
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BURNING PORTRAIT
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery - by Mark Collins
At the stroke of midnight, a two-hundred-year-old portrait bursts into flame - and by morning, its master is dead.
For generations, the Ravensworth family has lived beneath the shadow of an ancient curse: a witch's dying promise that when the portrait of Sir Josiah Ravensworth burns, a Ravensworth will not live to see the dawn. When young Edmund Ravensworth watches the legend fulfill itself before his own eyes - and finds his uncle dead the very next morning, his face frozen in inexplicable terror - he turns to the one man in England who refuses to believe in curses: Sherlock Holmes.
Summoned to the fog-bound halls of Ravensworth Hall, Holmes and Dr. Watson uncover a chemical residue where no fire should leave a trace, a mysterious restorer with a hidden trade, and a family solicitor whose smooth reassurances conceal a very modern, very human greed. As the household's grief curdles into suspicion, and the heir to Ravensworth Hall finds himself marked as the curse's next victim, Holmes must race against a killer who has turned two centuries of superstition into the perfect murder weapon.
From the gaslit streets of Baker Street to a moonlit vigil in a portrait gallery where the past itself seems to watch and wait, THE ADVENTURE OF THE BURNING PORTRAIT is a classic tale of Victorian mystery - where every ghost has a motive, every flame has a cause, and the coldest logic proves more powerful than any curse.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Classic Sherlock Holmes mysteries featuring the canonical Holmes and Watson
- Atmospheric Victorian London and English country house settings
- Gothic mystery with a rational, scientific solution
- Family secrets, old curses, and clever detective work
- Cozy mystery readers who enjoy a touch of the supernatural, fully explained
Step into the gallery. Watch the flames rise. And trust that Sherlock Holmes will find the truth burning beneath them.
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