Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance

Name: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Larry Millett
ISBN: 9781538588086

Author: Larry Millett

Series: Minnesota Mysteries #4

Narrator: Steve Hendrickson

Unabridged: 10 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 04/03/2018

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Traditional British, Private Investigators

Synopsis

As the city of Minneapolis prepares for a visit from President William McKinley, someone else prepares for murder. On the day before the visit, a union activist is found hanged, naked, outside a ruined mansion. A placard around his neck reads “THE SECRET ALLIANCE HAS SPOKEN.” Who is the alliance? What does it want? How was the victim involved with the city’s corrupt mayor? And why did he possess a photograph of a prominent citizen in a compromising position? Shadwell Rafferty searches for answers, encountering bribery, corruption, union organizers, anarchists, and conspiracy, putting himself in danger. But as luck would have it, his old friends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson are on their way.In this fourth installment of Larry Millett’s Minnesota Mystery series, Shadwell Rafferty commands center stage in a brand-new city. Packed with Millett’s signature historical and architectural detail, this book is deviously delightful.

About Larry Millett

Larry Millett was a reporter and critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press for thirty years. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including a mystery series featuring Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota.

About Steve Hendrickson

Steve Hendrickson has been a professional actor for over thirty years. A graduate of Yale School of Drama, he has appeared in theaters across the country. His audio projects include Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches and The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, among others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Darin on June 14, 2019

It should have been called Shadwell Rafferty and the Secret Alliance, featuring Sherlock Holmes, because Holmes and Watson were barely characters in the book.......more

Goodreads review by Amy on November 08, 2021

The fourth of the Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota series – Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance – has been an unfortunate disappointment. All three previous books in the series have opened with an introduction/prologue by a narrator who explains how the “lost manuscript” for the story was found, how......more

Goodreads review by John on October 09, 2022

Maybe it didn't rise to the level of a "I couldn't put it down" 5 star rating but, still, it's a really good book. First of all, you have to be interested in tyhe whole Sherlock Holmes pastiche thing. BNormally I probably wouldhn't be except that Larry Millet is a local author and that's how I got s......more

Goodreads review by Maffew on October 31, 2022

i think its fair to take sherlock holmes out of the title as this seems to be the actual transition from a sherlock book to minnesota mysteries. The use the letter correspondences was a nuisance, so were the notes of watson. This book had waaaaay too much backstory shared. Its like why your nerd frien......more

Goodreads review by Holly on October 09, 2023

This is the fourth book in the Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota series. It focuses on a young Minneapolis with a corrupt mayor, lots of rich millers and a radical group of anarchists. I always enjoy this series because of where it takes place. There are many actual Minnesotans and historical events and......more

Quotes

“Millet’s fourth, well-researched Holmes in Minnesota adventure…Both Holmes fans and historical mystery buffs should be pleased.” Publishers Weekly

“Sherlock Holmes has a friend in the wilds of Minnesota (both forested and urban) at the turn of the century…Great fun.” Booklist