Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair
Written by David Stuart Davies
Narrated by Wayne Forrester
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
In this mashup of genres Sherlock and Dr. Watson meet "The Prisoner of Zenda".
Colonel Sapt of the Ruritanian Court journeys to England on a secret mission to save the country from anarchy. His mission is to engage the services of Rudolf Rassendyll once more to impersonate the King while the monarch recovers from a serious illness. But Rassendyll has mysteriously disappeared. In desperation, Sapt consults Sherlock Holmes who, with his faithful companion Watson, travels to the Kingdom of Ruritania in an effort to thwart the plans of the scheming Rupert of Hentzau in his bid for the throne.
"Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair" is a wonderful blend of detective story and rousing adventure yarn.
David Stuart Davies
David Stuart Davies is an author, playwright and editor and is regarded as an authority on Sherlock Holmes. His fiction includes novels featuring his wartime detective Johnny Hawke and several Sherlock Holmes novels - including Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Promise. He is a committee member of the Crime Writers' Association, editing their monthly publication, Red Herrings, and is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Considerably better than some post-Doyle advetures of his legendary detective -if you like your John Watson the devoted friend, disciple and biographer a little inclined to repeat favourite turns of phrase. Sherlock is less super-human than I recall but I suspect that's down to how I remember the old stories. The end of the mystery is very clever and a gambit one can see Holmes resorting to. The absolute end is shocking not because of the drama but due to a confession from the best and wiset man in detective fiction but Davies always plays fair, admiting forthrightly where he has taken liberties. An enjoyable diversion.
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