Sherlock Holmes

Cry of the Innocents

Cavan Scott

• Publisher: Titan Books
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781783297160
• eBook ISBN:
  9781783297177
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Crime & Mystery Literature
• Index: Literature

A mysterious Catholic priest arrives at 221B Baker Street, only to utter the words 'il corpe' before dropping dead. Though the man's death is attributed to cholera, when news of a similar case in Bristol reaches Holmes, he becomes convinced that the priests have been poisoned. He and Watson learn that the men were on a mission from the Vatican to investigate a miracle; it is said that the body of an eighteenth-century philanthropist and slave trader Edwyn Warwick has not decomposed. But should the Pope sanctify a man who made his fortune through slavery? And when Warwick's body is stolen, it becomes clear that the priests' mission has attracted the attention of a deadly conspiracy...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
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• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Chapter One: March Comes in With a Roar
• Chapter Two: The Morning After
• Chapter Three: New Scotland Yard
• Chapter Four: Monsignor Ermacora
• Chapter Five: Something Rotten
• Chapter Six: The Bristol Regent
• Chapter Seven: The Memorial
• Chapter Eight: The Legend of Edwyn Warwick
• Chapter Nine: Inspector Tovey
• Chapter Ten: Triumph and Despair
• Chapter Eleven: The Manageress’s Tale
• Chapter Twelve: Blind Eyes
• Chapter Thirteen: The Bristol Royal Infirmary
• Chapter Fourteen: Judge Not
• Chapter Fifteen: Never a Victim
• Chapter Sixteen: Meet the Redshaws
• Chapter Seventeen: Exotic Delicacies
• Chapter Eighteen: Izanami-No-Mikoto
• Chapter Nineteen: Post-Dinner Conversation
• Chapter Twenty: Post-Dinner Controversy
• Chapter Twenty-One: A Visitation at Midnight
• Chapter Twenty-Two: All Will be Well
• Chapter Twenty-Three: To a Pulp
• Chapter Twenty-Four: Recriminations
• Chapter Twenty-Five: Blindfolded
• Chapter Twenty-Six: The Warwick Room
• Chapter Twenty-Seven: Caught in the Act
• Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Meeting of the League
• Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Visitor
• Chapter Thirty: The Long-Lost Brother
• Chapter Thirty-One: A Grisly Discovery
• Chapter Thirty-Two: Suspects
• Chapter Thirty-Three: Upstairs and Downstairs
• Chapter Thirty-Four: A Bitter Breakfast
• Chapter Thirty-Five: St Jude’s
• Chapter Thirty-Six: Boyle’s Court
• Chapter Thirty-Seven: Marie’s Story
• Chapter Thirty-Eight: Revolution
• Chapter Thirty-Nine: An Evil Business
• Chapter Forty: The Silver Frame
• Chapter Forty-One: Desperate Acts
• Chapter Forty-Two: The High Sheriffs of Bristol
• Chapter Forty-Three: The Coward’s Way
• Chapter Forty-Four: Examination By the River
• Chapter Forty-Five: Truth and Lies
• Chapter Forty-Six: The Saisei Ritual
• Chapter Forty-Seven: An Empty Room
• Chapter Forty-Eight: To Make Amends
• Chapter Forty-Nine: In Plain Sight
• Chapter Fifty: All in the Wrist
• Chapter Fifty-One: An Innocent’s Cry
• Chapter Fifty-Two: The Temple
• Chapter Fifty-Three: Five Minutes to Midnight
• Chapter Fifty-Four: The Perfect Spell
• About the Author
• Acknowledgements
• Sherlock Holmes