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Undiscovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

If you thought Sherlock Holmes was dead—think again . . .

Sherlock Holmes’s fatal plunge over the Reichenbach Falls during his struggle with his archenemy, Moriarty, has been widely reported. But Holmes escaped and is still alive. In his immediate circle, only Holmes’s brother, the lethargic genius Mycroft, knows of his survival. Even Dr. Watson thinks the great detective is gone. But among his enemies, Sebastian Moran, Moriarty’s chief henchman, knows of Holmes’s probable escape and waits for their inevitable meeting.

From 1891 to 1894, Holmes wanders through Asia alone, armed only with his physical strength and endurance and his revered cold logic and rationality . . .

For Holmes’s fans throughout the world, these stories fill an enigmatic gap, the cause of so much speculation in the great detective’s career.

“Mischievous, cunning and magnetically fascinating, Sherlock Holmes’ lost meanderings in the Far East are richly rewarding for Holmes fans, armchair travellers and historians alike. Ted Riccardi conjures up the quirky, beloved detective’s missing years solving intoxicatingly labyrinthine puzzles amidst the devilry of The Great Game.” —Isabella Tree, award-winning author and conservationist

Ted Riccardi

TED RICCARDI was professor emeritus in the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University, New York. He began teaching at Columbia in 1968 and served as chairman of his department and
as director of Columbia's Southern Asian Institute in the School of International and Public Affairs.
Among his special interests were the history and cultures of India and Nepal, where he lived and traveled widely and about which he has written extensively. He received a number of research awards, including grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the Ford Foundation and Fulbright fellowships. From 1980 to 1982 he served as counselor for cultural affairs at the United States embassy in New Delhi. In 1999, he took early retirement from Columbia to raise a new family and to write. Ricardi lived in New York City with his wife, Ellen Coon, and their family. The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes was Ted Ricardi's first work of fiction, a tribute to his favorite mystery writer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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