Larry Millett

Rafferty's Last Case: A Minnesota Mystery Featuring Sherlock Holmes

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Produktbeschreibung

"When news of Shadwell Rafferty's death reaches Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous detective and his redoubtable companion Watson rush to Minnesota to hunt for their friend's killer. Set amid the glittering society and sordid underworld of 1928 St. Paul, Larry Millett's ninth and final Shadwell Rafferty mystery takes readers through the serpentine twists of Rafferty's fatal investigation"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 127mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781517913120
• ISBN-10: 1517913128
• Artikelnr.: 68058789

Autorenporträt

Larry Millett is the author of twenty books, including nine mystery novels featuring Sherlock Holmes and St. Paul detective Shadwell Rafferty. A longtime reporter and architecture critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, he has also written numerous books on architecture, including Heart of St. Paul: A History of the Pioneer and Endicott Buildings, Metropolitan Dreams: The Scandalous Rise and Stunning Fall of a Minneapolis Masterpiece, Once There Were Castles, and Minnesota Modern, winner of a Minnesota Book Award (all from Minnesota).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: A Knife to the Back
Book One. A Body, a Funeral, a Promise
1. “Are You Here?”
2. “It Is the Darkest of Days”
3. “I Give You My Promise”
Book Two. Rafferty Investigates
4. “Was That a Gunshot?”
5. “We Are Entering Deep and Dangerous Waters”
6. “I Took Him Up to the Sixth Floor”
7. “There Is Still Much We Must Learn”
Book Three. Suspects and Clues
8. The Blackmailer
9. “I Must Warn You to Be Careful”
10. “We Must Dig and Dig”
11. The Policeman
12. “You Are Sniffing at the Clouds”
13. “The Mystery Deepens”
14. The Poet
15. “You Are Being Insolent”
Book Four. More Suspects, More Questions
16. “She Is a Woman Who Makes Arrangements”
17. “How Old Do You Suppose He Is?”
18. The Priest
19. “I Fear for Your Soul”
20. “We Are Tangled Up in a Web”
21. The Politicians
22. “We’re Always Just a Step Behind”
23. “We Are on the Cusp”
24. “I Pose No Threat to You”
25. “We May Have No Other Choice”
26. “The Game Is Afoot!”
Book Five. Endgame at the Ryan
27. Convergence
28. “You Are a Monster”
29. “How I Wish He Was Still Here!”
30. “May He Rest in Peace”
Epilogue: There Were Reports of His Death