Sometimes, our deepest fear is not the darkness but the light that blinds.
If you loved Conan Doyle’s, The Hound of the Baskervilles, prepare to be enthralled by KD Sherrinford’s captivating follow-up, The Whistle of Revenge.
The deadly antagonist, Jack Stapleton, makes a spectacular return to the city of Milan in pursuit of his old nemesis, the celebrated Detective Sherlock Holmes.
Adopting the enigmatic persona of Janus, a vengeful Stapleton, along with the Italian mafia, wreak havoc on the Italian horse racing fraternity and fledgling car manufacturing industry, and kidnapping Holmes’s beloved son as part of their evil and well-executed master plan— Operation Whistle.
Will Holmes, Irene Adler, and their trusted ally, Inspector Romano, crack the code, rescue the boy, and unmask the deadly Janus?
Set against the backdrop of modern Milan, mind games and misdeeds of the highest order play out as the story reaches its thrilling and memorable conclusion.
KD Sherrinford was born and raised in Preston, Lancashire, and now resides on The Fylde Coast with her husband John, and their four children.
An avid reader from an early age, KD was fascinated by the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, she read the entire Doyle Canon by the time she was 13.
A talented pianist, KD played piano from age six, the music of some of her favourite
composers, Beethoven, Schubert, Stephen Foster, and Richard Wagner, all strongly feature in her novel.
KD had a varied early career, working with horses and racing greyhounds, she and her husband won the Blackpool Greyhound Derby in 1987 with Scottie.
Then to mix things up KD joined Countrywide, where she was employed for over 20 years and became a Fellow of The National Association of Estate Agents.
Retirement finally gave KD the opportunity to follow her dreams and start work on her first novel. She gained inspiration to write” Song for Someone” from her daughter Katie, after a
visit to the Sherlock Holmes museum on Baker Street in 2019. It had always been a passion to write about Irene Adler, she is such an iconic character, and KD wanted to give her a voice.
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My thoughts: This is an interesting series, imagining that Irene Adler, the infamous woman who beat Sherlock Holmes, later became the detective’s wife, although he uses an other identity in an attempt to keep his family safe from his enemies.
Unfortunately that has failed – a vengeful Jack Stapleton, presumed dead at the end of The Hound of the Baskervilles, has returned to destroy the detective. Working with the Italian mafia, in a rather intricate plot to steal a painting, fix a horse race and kidnap Holmes’ son Nicco for an extortionate ransom.
As Holmes and the police race to find Nicco and foil the rest of the plot, the gang Stapleton has assembled carry out the rest of the plot, but Holmes is one step ahead of them. Inspector Romano (think an Italian Lestrade, but smarter) has liaised with colleagues across Italy to stop the bigger conspiracy from going ahead.
Clever, engaging writing, with lots of twists, a devastated Irene and Sherlock must put aside their fears, rely on the police and Holmes’ genius as well as Nicco’s inherited brilliance to bring the boy safely home to them.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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