{"product_id":"the-italian-secretary-a-further-adventure-of-sherlock-holmes-9780312352042","title":"The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Caleb Carr reaches back to the age of opium dens and Jack the Ripper, when fictional detective Sherlock Holmes made the science of murder as real as the gore on a killer's hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist \u003c\/i\u003ewill eagerly read \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Secretary. \u003c\/i\u003eHe effectively evokes the dark, dank atmosphere. Carr is astute and unerring in his portrayal of Holmes and his techniques.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFOUL WHISPERINGS... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMycroft Holmes's encoded message to his brother, Sherlock, is unsubtle enough even for Dr. Watson to decipher: a matter concerning the safety of Queen Victoria herself calls them to Edinburgh's Holyroodhouse to investigate the confounding and gruesome deaths of two young men--horrific incidents that took place with Her Highness in residence. The victims were crushed in a manner surpassing human power. And while recent attempts on Her Majesty's life raise a number of possibilities, these intrigues also seem strangely connected to an act of evil that took place centuries earlier... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e...UNNATURAL DEEDS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor indeed, the slaying of David Rizzio, music master and friend to Mary, Queen of Scots, was an extraordinarily brutal and treacherous act--even for a time when brutality and treachery were the order of the day. Now, the ghosts of Holyroodhouse are being reawakened by someone with a diabolical agenda of greed, madness, and terror as Holmes and Watson set out to trap a killer who is eager to rewrite history in blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCALEB CARR\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLessons of Terror, Killing Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into over twenty languages worldwide. He is also a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eMHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e, and the other series editor of the Modern Library War Series. He was educated at Kenyon College and New York University, and currently lives in upstate New York, where he teaches military and diplomatic studies at Bard College. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJON LELLENBERG\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the afterword, is the U.S. agent for the Conan Doyle Estate, co-editor of a number of anthologies of new Sherlock Holmes stories written by mystery writers, and the historian of the Baker Street Irregulars.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719070978322,"sku":"9780312352042","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6fddabd5-8a26-4dd4-9818-d44b04606c76.jpg?v=1734657637","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-italian-secretary-a-further-adventure-of-sherlock-holmes-9780312352042","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}