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7.5/10 Fantasy Book Review Publication date 2011 Originally published 2011 Genre Detective fiction | 4.1/5 Goodreads Publisher Titan Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ISBN 978-0-85768-282-6 (first U.S. edition, paperback) Followed by Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Doctor Moreau Similar Guy Adams books, Detective fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Guy Adams, originally published in 2011.
The novel is an account of a mystery involving the supernatural deaths of people. In the course of his investigation, Holmes meets Aleister Crowley and William Hope Hodgson's supernatural detective Thomas Carnacki.
Reception
Peter Coleborn writing for the British Fantasy Society called it "well written, engrossing and effective". The Daily Rotation claimed "the book has a crisp wit, high adventure, knowing nods to literary fans, and a well plotted mystery".
Publishers Weekly, however, was more mixed saying "Holmes's hyper-rationalism never gels with the decidedly otherworldly plot line, though Adams does a better-than-average job in portraying him and Watson".