Son of Holmes, John Lescroart
Son of Holmes, John Lescroart
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Son of Holmes

Author: John Lescroart

Narrator: Tim Baltz

Unabridged: 6 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2011

Synopsis

They say he is the son of Sherlock Holmes...Theauthor of The Fall and the Dismas Hardy and Wyatt Hunt series takes us to a small French town in the dark days of World War I.The "reliably excellent"* New York Times bestselling author offers an engrossing historical mystery in which the rumor is that young chef Auguste Lupa is the son of the greatest detective of all time. And his mysterious legacy may come to light as he attempts to solve the baffling murder of an intelligence agent...
*Publishers Weekly

About John Lescroart

American thriller author, John Lescroart, was born in Houston, TX in 1948. He graduated from high school in San Mateo, CA, and then earned a B. A. in English with honors at UC Berkeley in 1970.

Lescroart held many varied jobs through his early years out of college. Everything from bartender, moving man, house painter to singer/songwriter with his own band.

John has written more than twenty novels and several screenplays. His most popular novels are the Dismas Hardy/Abe Glitsky series and the Wyatt Hunt series. His books are translated and sold in more than seventy-five countries. He is also popular with his blogs at johnlescroart.com, Twitter, and Facebook.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynn

I've liked his Dismas Hardy books and am a Sherlock fan, but this was a disappointment. Perhaps it was because I was listening and the reader adopted a poor French accent which made many of the names sound the same. Was this Georges speaking or maybe Jules? But I think it was partly because for the f......more

Goodreads review by Marybeth

I've seen this title mentioned by other readers and wondered if I wanted to bother. I'm often left disappointed by Holmes pastiches. Then someone in my Nero Wolfe fan group on Facebook said there was a tie-in, so I had to give it a try. I'm really glad I did. The characters are well drawn, especiall......more

Goodreads review by Christopher

I had high hopes for this book, as it came recommended by one of my favorite authors Loren D. Estleman. Son of Holmes is the story of the son of Sherlock Holmes who is at work in WW1 to find a spy and assassin. The conceit of the story is that Holmes was a real person who had a different name -- tha......more

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