Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (The Cthulhu Casebooks, #2)

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It is the autumn of 1880, and Dr John Watson has just returned from Afghanistan Badly injured and desperate to forget a nightmarish expedition that left him doubting his sanity, Watson is close to destitution when he meets the extraordinary Sherlock Holmes, who is investigating a series of deaths in the Shadwell district of London Several bodies have been found, the victims appearing to have starved to death over the course of several weeks, and yet they were reported alive and well mere days before Moreover, there are disturbing reports of creeping shadows that inspire dread in any who stray too close.Holmes deduces a connection between the deaths and a sinister drug lord who is seeking to expand his criminal empire Yet both he and Watson are soon forced to accept that there are forces at work far powerful than they could ever have imagined Forces that can be summoned, if one is brave or mad enough to dare New Download Kindle ePUB Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (The Cthulhu Casebooks, #2) author James Lovegrove – kino-fada.fr This the second volume of Lovegrove s H P Lovecraft style Nightmare Holmes books set in the Cthulhu world it does help if have read Lovecraft the first book but this is not a sequal that cannot be read alone 1895 Watson s wife Mary from The Sigh of the Four is now dead.He is back full time with grump Holmes This set around time Holmes is also dead as Watson killed him in the Strand As any true fan will tell it is Watson who wrote the stories Conan Doyle was his non d plumb This This the second volume of Lovegrove s H P Lovecraft style Nightmare Holmes books set in the Cthulhu world it does help if have read Lovecraft the first book but this is not a sequal that cannot be read alone 1895 Watson s wife Mary from The Sigh of the Four is now dead.He is back full time with grump Holmes This set around time Holmes is also dead as Watson killed him in the Strand As any true fan will tell it is Watson who wrote the stories Conan Doyle was his non d plumb This monsters Demons from the darkness the Yog Sothoth ,Yig,Shuh Niggurath Cthulhu the Old Gods Old ones it s religion turned upside down inside out ripping your heart out to eat your brain while you still live Tolkien s monstrous Balrog would could well be happiest at home here with the Great Old Gods once again Triophidian crown this time used by Holmes to seek out a demon not say which as a spoiler or why In this book you get very different version o...As always this review and countless other awesome stuff can be found on my blog The tattooed Book Geek received a free copy of this book courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review.The Miskatonic Monstrosities is the second book in Lovegrove s The Cthulu Casebooks trilogy and takes place over a decade after the events that transpired in the first book, The Shadwell Shadows.The blurb does a fine job of recapping the story told within the p As always this review and countless other awesome stuff can be found on my blog The tattooed Book Geek received a free copy of this book courtesy of the publisher in exchange for an honest review.The Miskatonic Monstrosities is the second book in Lovegrove s The Cthulu Casebooks trilogy and takes place over a decade after the events that transpired in the first book, The Shadwell Shadows.The blurb does a fine job of recapping the story told within the pages of the Miskatonic Monstrosities without going into any overt detail or giving away any plot twists, it s a mystery that you as the reader will have fun investigating and deducing along with Holmes and Watson.I will s...Book 2 in the Cthulhu Casebooks.What do you get when you take an Elder God, a madman, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson A fabulous Sherlock Holmes tale with a supernatural twist Looking forward to the next.This, the second book in the Cthulhu Casebooks trilogy is set 15 years after the first The Shadwell Shadows and once again merges Arthur Conan Doyle s fictional detective into the fantasy horror world of Howard Phillips Lovecraft Yet again, I have to admire the way Lovegrove almost seamlessly manages to combine the two genres In this book, he also cleverly includes elements from Mary Shelley s Frankenstein and Joseph Conrad s Heart Of Darkness.Like a few books in the original Holmes canon mo This, the second book in the Cthulhu Casebooks trilogy is set 15 years after the first The Shadwell Shadows and once again merges Arthur Conan Doyle s fictional detective into the fantasy horror world of Howard Phillips Lovecraft Yet again, I have to admire the way Lovegrove almost seamlessly manages to combine the two genres In this book, he also cleve...Last year I really enjoyed the first in this series review HERE , which seemed to capture the essence of Sherlock Holmes Victorian London and suffused it with Lovecraft s Cthulhu Mythos It was muchsuccessful than I was expecting it to be, and so I picked this one up with some anticipation.As the second book in the series, this one does what s required of a sopho novel, in that it takes the characters further than the first one did and broadens the scope of the imaginary world we are Last year I really enjoyed the first in this series review HERE , which seemed to capture the essence of Sherlock Holmes Victorian London and suffused it with Lovecraft s Cthulhu Mythos It was muchsuccessful than I was expecting it to be, and so I picked this one up with some anticipation.As the second book in the series, this one does what s required of a sopho novel, in that it takes the characters further than the first one did and broadens the scope of the imaginary world we are visiting In this one we move away from London to involve that American icon of eldritch educational learning, Arkham s Miskatonic University.There is relatively little preamble here Set fifteen years after the first, there s a brief reintroduction made before we are launched into this new story Watson s rather dour matter of fact descriptions keep the story fairly grounded in its rather fanciful developments and things happen that definitely change our perspective and our understanding of ...An excellent read that I failed to ration as I had hoped Sherlock Holmes and John Watson against things man was not meant to know, brilliant I loved the parts that took place in my home state, the potions about Miskatonic University which feels oddly like a place I v...BRING THE BIG GUN WATSON , DO YOU HEAR , THE BIG ONE WATSONHello, another absolutely amazing story As Sherlock as Sherlock can get Extremely well written and entertaining to read I can see Jeremy Brett while reading the book Great job Thanks.I wonder, if you d told me a few years ago that a Sherlock Holmes Lovecraft mashup was going to be my favorite thing ever, what I would ve thought but here we are Book 2 jumps fifteen years ahead to a forty year old Holmes and Watson, both suffering the effects of their war against the Elder gods Holmes, ruining his health in...Very fun.It becomes clear that Holmes and Watson have garnered a good dealexperience against the eldritch and execrable, lending credence to their skills as both detectives and warriors against the supernatural What they ve also got a good dealof is animosity Naturally battling monsters isn t easy, but it s apparent ...

Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (The Cthulhu Casebooks, #2)
  • English
  • 04 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 352 pages
  • 1783295953
  • James Lovegrove
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (The Cthulhu Casebooks, #2)