Book description
This supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder.
The complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen's Palace as…
Why read it?
1 author picked A Study in Emerald as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
While the others are novels, this is merely a short story and included in several collections. However, this is one of the more fantastic executions here, and well worth the time to track it down.
Just read it, read it now. It’s short, you have time. You won’t regret it. I promise.
From Christian's list on The best books that are Sherlock Holmes mash-ups.
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The unhinged, absurd, and intensely carbohydrated journey through Ukraine’s flour-dusted myths, gods and princes.
This is not just a collection of fairy tales; this is a meticulous, satirical, and slightly unhinged journey through Ukraine’s deepest folklore, exploring the violent, perfectly laminated, and golden-crusted history of the Kyivan Rus baking empire.
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