The Cthulhu Casebooks - Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
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Ratings8
Average rating3.3
It is the autumn of 1880, and Dr John Watson has just returned from Afghanistan. Badly injured and desperate to forget a nightmarish expedition that left him doubting his sanity, Watson is close to destitution when he meets the extraordinary Sherlock Holmes, who is investigating a series of deaths in the Shadwell district of London. Several bodies have been found, the victims appearing to have starved to death over the course of several weeks, and yet they were reported alive and well mere days before. Moreover, there are disturbing reports of creeping shadows that inspire dread in any who stray too close. Holmes deduces a connection between the deaths and a sinister drug lord who is seeking to expand his criminal empire. Yet both he and Watson are soon forced to accept that there are forces at work far more powerful than they could ever have imagined. Forces that can be summoned, if one is brave – or mad – enough to dare…
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Interesting. I would expect Holmes to be more flustered by dealing with magic as he depends on logic and magic is often not logical or consistent. The book slowed down a lot when it was time to have a lecture on the Lovecraft universe. So it was worth reading but I'm not very interested in the others
Will start by saying I am more off a fantasy fan. Enjoyable book, combining 2 genre's I have a but of an interest in (sherlock Holmes and cthulu) done well but felt like it was missing something but don't know what.
