The Curtain Falls

von Thomas Mengert

660 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What truths linger when the world begins to forget, and what legacies remain when the curtain falls? Can Holmes and Watson confront betrayal in the heart of Washington, D.C., while shadowing powerful forces across the Americas? Will they find resolution at last in the long shadow of the Baskerville name? Must the great detective reconcile not only public and political deception, but also the failures of progress itself? And when Holmes returns to the site of his supposed death, what will be revealed through a voice long thought silenced-a voice that asks, what is the cost of truth, and can redemption still be found?Lifelong Sherlockian scholar Thomas Mengert has drawn aside the curtain of history, unraveling and reweaving to reveal a deeper Sherlock Holmes than even the original works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A decade in the making, The Confessions of Sherlock Holmes is a multi-volume pilgrimage that frames "the problem of evil" as a philosophical investigation in search of a theological answer. The journey continues in The Curtain Falls as Holmes faces the long-delayed consequences of his choices and uncovers the human cost of political ambition, ancestral guilt, and personal exile. With Watson at his side, he revisits both familiar landscapes and unspoken memories, navigating reunions, confessions, and the philosophical burden of history. As empires falter and ideals collide, Holmes's pilgrimage reaches its final crucible-where justice is no longer deduction alone, but the grace of a man learning, at last, how to say goodbye. As the great detective has so often said, "The game is afoot!"

• Themen: Belletristik Kriminalromane und Mystery Klassische Kriminalromane und Mystery
• ISBN: 9798894390567
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2025
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Blue Forge Press