Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance
Shadwell Rafferty crosses the river to Minneapolis to investigate murder and corruption with the help of Holmes and Watson
336 Pages, 6 x 9 in
- eBook
- 9781452939063
- Published: November 30, 2013
- Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
- Paperback
- 9780816677054
- Published: March 6, 2012
- Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance
Series: A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
ISBN: 9781452939063
Publication date: November 30th, 2013
336 Pages
8 x 5
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.
Larry Millett was a reporter and architecture critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press for thirty years. He is the author of fifteen books, including five other mystery novels in this series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Shadwell Rafferty, all in new editions from the University of Minnesota Press.
Contents
Map of Central Minneapolis, 1899 vii
Prologue: Minneapolis, September 28, 1899 1
Book One: The Mystery of Michael O’Donnell1. “They Strung Up Michael” 92. “Do You Know Who This Man Is?” 203. “I Want a Man Who Thirsts for Justice” 344. “God Cuts Many Paths” 485. “Spite, You See, Can Be a Form of Idealism” 586. “We’ve Met” 717. “Go Back to St. Paul” 848. “I Met a Man Much Troubled by Rats” 979. “Rafferty Won’t Be a Threat” 10910. “Come Alone” 123
Book Two: The Wound of Time11. “It Was Just a Cheap Attempt at Blackmail” 13912. “There’s People in There That’ll Kill You” 15213. “Something Sinister Is Coming My Way” 16614. “I Think He Might Be Living in There” 17715. “Get Off Me, You Brute” 19016. “His Exact Words, Sir, Exact Words!” 20317. “It Will Be Haymarket All Over Again” 21618. “He May Have Been Murdered for Doing His Duty” 23019. “She Will Be There” 24820. “Do You Remember Louis Lingg?” 26021. “Do Not Confuse It with an Apology” 280
Epilogue: “Rest Quietly” 297
Notes 303Author’s Note 321
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