Sherlock Holmes, Mystery of the Sea: Sherlock Holmes Urban Fantasy Mysteries

By John Pirillo

A distant village of myth and legend harbors secrets.

 

The village is set next to the sea off the coast of England.

 

But it is not just any village, it is thick with the history of legendary creatures that populate the sea.

 

Its sailors know there are dark and deep secrets in the mysterious sea.

 

They've seen many of them.

 

But none can account for the mysterious disappearance of a poor woman's husband.

 

The widow tries to collect insurance on his death but is blocked by the insurance company.

 

Holmes and Watson are sent to see if her claim has any merit.

 

What they discover in this simple village will go beyond myth and legend.

 

Their discovery will leave you with a  breath-taking surprise.

 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: John Pirillo
• Release date: Jan 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201943875

John Pirillo

The author was born in Washington, Pennsylvannia. He loves animals and birds. Has two pet cockatiels that keep him company while he writes. He has a lovely daughter and a rascally grandson. He is rich in friends that matter and well adjusted to a life of challenges. He writes and draws every day. He loves anything science fiction, fantasy or extremely well written. Same goes for movies and TV. Not married currently, but has an eye and ear open to possibilities. :)

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Sherlock Holmes

Mystery of the Sea

John Pirillo

Copyright 2022

Table of Contents

Element of Surprise

Mablethorpe

Investigation

Deadly Cases

Fact and Fantasy

Mystery in a Bottle

The Widow’s Cottage

An Examination of Facts

When all else is investigated

Revelation

A Walk to clear the Air

221B Baker Street

Mablethorpe

is a small seaside town that abuts the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire in the Greater Britains. Officially, it is a town filled with fishermen and the common folk, not noted for the fame of its thinkers, but rather the skills of its netters and its shipbuilders.

During the India Isles Wars, it had become a quick port for the Greater Britain armies.

There, the heavily masted ships, built on the docks of the Thames of London, embark with exports and passengers, return and voyagers debark for home again, and sailors to taste a night or morning’s freedom again before their next long voyage.

And even these days, during so-called peace, the rugged, powerful warships with their steam-driven propellors graze the ocean waves as they speed across the waters for foreign missions and battles to fight for the Church of England and the Crown, when necessary.

At other times to guard and protect the lives and goods of merchant ships.

In those days the heathen lands...as the darker portions of Europe, Asia, and the still distant Americas were known...festered with tribes of non-humans who fed off the blood, sweat, and tears of the Empire. As well as that of its hard-working people.

There were fleets of roving zombie pirate ships.

Leviathans rose from the darkest depths of the seas and oceans to swallow entire