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Language English Media type Novel Originally published 1998 Preceded by The Tangled Skein | 4.2/5 Goodreads Genre Adventure, Mystery Pages 208 Page count 208 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN 1848564937 (first edition) Similar David Stuart Davies books, Sherlock Holmes Adventures books, Sherlock Holmes books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Scroll of the Dead is a 1998 adventure mystery pastiche novel written by David Stuart Davies, featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson as they investigate a theft from the British Museum with ties to the Black Arts.
Contents
Plot
After Holmes and Watson attend a bogus seance to unmask a phony psychic, they are called upon to investigate a murder and the theft of a scroll from the British Museum. As it turns out, this is but the first key towards uncovering a mysterious Egyptian tomb, and within it, a papyrus that may hold the power of eternal life.
Reprints
Titan Books reprinted the book in 2009, under the title of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Scroll of the Dead as part of its Further Adventures series, which collects a number of noted Holmesian pastiches.