It stays faithful to the original series’ spirit, while it offers up new adventures for new and old fans alike. This is a fast-paced and witty Holmes novel with a labyrinth of thrilling turns and twists. Will he be able to solve the riddle from his own past, protect the young actress, and prevent chaos on either side of the Atlantic?

While racing to locate the real culprit, another woman steps into his life, somebody from his past and presents him with a mystery that’s going to force him to look deep inside for answers. To keep an international disaster from happening, he has to figure out who’s pulling the strings now and why. Clues to the murder point right to Professor Moriarty, proving that while Holmes’ old nemesis might be dead, his criminal enterprise is still alive and well. Rockefeller’s close associates has been murdered, and Holmes suspects this violent act is an effort to derail the upcoming British-American summit. Holmes feels compelled to help this young woman, however he has been asked to solve an urgent case with some international implications. A gorgeous American actress visits 221B Baker Street, desperate for Sherlock Holmes to keep her safe from a menacing and mysterious man that’s recently shown up in her life. Intrigue, murder, and one long-buried secret that’s going to change everything. “The Last Moriarty” is the first novel in the “Sherlock and Lucy” series and was released in the year 2014. His work is from the historical mystery genre. They wondered just how the readers would respond to bringing a daughter into Sherlock’s life, however the overwhelming majority of reviews support this idea.Ĭharles’ debut novel, called “Children of the Dark”, was released in the year 1979. Holmes is so familiar to both of them that it is a joy imagining just what he would do when he’s faced with a certain issue. He works for United Technologies Corporation, where he focuses mainly on creating sustainability and value for the company’s large real estate development projects.Ĭharles finds it exhilarating to write about Sherlock, finding him (and his daughter) to be in a wonderful tradition with a ton of brilliant company. He’s also a fan of Gilbert & Sullivan, and penned “The Pirates of Finance”, a new musical in the tradition of G&S that won an award at the New York Musical Theatre Festival.Įxcept for “The Last Moriarty” and “The Wilhelm Conspiracy”, every one of the books on his Amazon Author Page were written during his time as a full-time author during the late seventies and early eighties. She later became a historical novelist herself and works with him to write the Sherlock and Lucy” series of books. Over the course of an entire year, he read the whole canon to his then-ten-year-old daughter during evening story time. The Collected Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Short StoriesĬharles Veley’s enjoyed Sherlock Holmes since he was a boy.

Night Whispers by Charles Veley