The Hope was completed in six weeks and accepted by Macmillan a fortnight later. Straight after graduating from Oxford with a degree in English Literature, James set himself the goal of getting a novel written and sold within two years. This taught him a hard but necessary lesson in the harsh economic realities of a literary career. The prize was £15, and it had cost £18 to get the story professionally typed. A short story of his won a college competition. James was born on Christmas Eve 1965 and, having dabbled in writing at school, first took to it seriously while at university. James Lovegrove is the author of several acclaimed novels and books for children. There is another spirit haunting the family, and when a member of the household is found dead, the companions realise that no one is beyond suspicion. Holmes and Watson travel to the Allerthorpe family seat at Fellscar Keep to investigate, but soon discover that there is more to the case than at first appeared. What is more, she has begun to receive mysterious parcels of birch twigs, the Black Thurrick's calling card.Įve stands to inherit a fortune if she is sound in mind, but it seems that something - or someone - is threatening her sanity. Her late mother told her terrifying tales of the sinister Black Thurrick, and Eve is sure that she has seen the creature from her bedroom window. Eve Allerthorpe - eldest daughter of a grand but somewhat eccentric Yorkshire-based dynasty - is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. The new Sherlock Holmes novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin and Firefly - Big Damn Hero.
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