Robert Lee Hall Livres

While on a business trip to England, Ben Franklin decides to attend a new play at London's famous Drury Lane Theatre. During the performance, a heckler tumbles to his death, and Ben is drawn behind the footlights into a whirl of backstage intrigue complete with rakes, harlots, and jealous actors. Martin's.

Ever wondered just what was the relationship between Holmes and Moriarty? Why no one has ever seen the two of them together? Well, here's your answer. As Moriarty himself puts 'We are closer than brothers - and further apart than any two beings can be.' This non-Doyle pastiche continues the Sherlock Holmes tradition as the reader, following crumbs left by Dr. Watson in bequest, is led to Sherlock's brother Mycroft, past 221B Baker Street, and through the enigmatic Diogenes Club to ultimately view the inevitable showdown between Holmes and Moriarty that reveals their true identities and the underlying meaning of their lifelong duel.

In the second case recorded by Benjamin Franklin's young charge and assistant Nick Handy, the great Doctor Franklin is confronted with a shocking event. While attending a mummers' play at the home of a popular merchant Roddy Fairbrass on Christmas Eve 1757, their host suddenly collapses and dies. Although the bereaved family denies it, Franklin is convinced that he has witnessed a murder. Franklin had been to the Fairbrass home one time before to investigate the report of a ghost and now believes that there must be some sinister connection between the two events. Determined to uncover the truth, the intrepid inventor and statesman, accompanied by Nick, unravels a tangled plot of intrigue and scandal while matching wits with some of London's most notorious criminal minds.