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The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D.
The Canary Trainer From the Memoirs of John H Watson MD Author:Nicholas Meyer Located by a computer in the bowels of a major university, this missing manuscript by Dr. John Watson, the biographer of Sherlock Holmes, reveals for the first time a hitherto unknown episode in the life of the Great Detective. — The year is 1891, Paris is the capital of the western world, and its opera house is full of surprises. First and by no... more » means the least is the sudden reappearance of the great love of Holmes's life, an accomplished singer from Hoboken, New Jersey. Second is the series of seemingly bizarre accidents -- each more sinister than the last -- allegedly arranged by the "Opera Ghost", an opponent who goes by many names and is more than equal to Holmes. Alone in a strange and spectacular city, with none of his resources, Holmes is commissioned to protect a vulnerable young soprano, whose beautiful voice obsesses a creature no one believes is real, but whose jealousy is lethal.« less
James R. reviewed The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. on
+I have read quite a few of the "new" Holmes books and found them to be generally well written and enjoyable. This one, however, was tedious and not very interesting.