A Soul of Steel: An Irene Adler NovelMacmillan, 28/11/2006 - 416 من الصفحات Alive and well despite the widely published accounts of her death, diva Irene Adler and her dashing husband Godfrey Norton are taking coffee with their friend Nell Huxleigh in a Parisian sidewalk café when a stranger dressed in Oriental garb falls at their feet. It is not Irene's beauty that has felled him, but a dose of poison--and even more surprisingly, the friends learn as he recovers that he is an Englishman! The mysterious young man informs them that he is seeking a Dr. Watson who tended his wounds at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, a man whose life he says is now in mortal danger. The hunt is on and their search will lead them to a command performance for the Empress of all the Russias and to Sarah Bernhardt, into a channel steamer and at last to the doorstep of 221 Baker Street, where they will discover deadly secrets both past and present. |
المحتوى
WHEN TWO STRONG MEN | 1 |
EAST MEETS WEST | 11 |
AFGHANISTAN PERCEIVED | 15 |
PEARLS BEFORE PARROTS | 19 |
A STRANGER IN PARADISE | 24 |
A POISONOUS PAST | 34 |
DELIBERATE DEATH | 44 |
PILLOW TALK | 56 |
A NOSY NIECE | 194 |
SHE SNOOPS TO CONQUER | 202 |
DOCTORS DILEMMA | 210 |
DIVINELY INSPIRED | 218 |
ONEST CITIZENS | 233 |
FORAGING AT FORTNUMS | 244 |
A MESSY PICNIC | 255 |
A BRACE OF BURGLARS | 275 |
RETIRED DUE TO DEATH | 68 |
KISSMET | 80 |
WHEREFORE ART THOU? | 95 |
SAVING SARAHS ASP | 106 |
HISSTERIA | 114 |
SLEEPING SNAKES LIE | 132 |
HOMEWARD BOUND | 151 |
INNOCENT UNRELATED ERRANDS | 164 |
WATSONS FEVERED FRIEND | 177 |
THE THIRD MAN | 185 |
DR WATSONS BAG | 281 |
SHERLOCK HOLMESS LAST CASE | 291 |
HOLMESWARD BOUND | 307 |
A LUKEWARM SOLUTION | 331 |
A MOTHER NOSE | 338 |
THE DREADFUL TIFFANY SQUID | 349 |
FALLEN ANGELS | 359 |
THE CARDBOARD BOX | 371 |
A Brief Afterword | 380 |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
A Soul of Steel: An Irene Adler Novel <span dir=ltr>Carole Nelson Douglas</span> معاينة محدودة - 2006 |
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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