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The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle

Published by Seventh Street Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

London is in flux. The clop of the hansom cab has given way to the madness of the motorcar. And Sherlock Holmes, safe in the bee-loud glades of the Sussex downs, is lured back to London when a problem is posed to him by Dr. Watson and Watson’s friend, Col. Higgins. Is the transformation of Eliza Doolittle from girl of the streets to duchess more than it seems? Is it really the work of Henry Higgins’s phonetics lessons or has another girl been substituted for her, and why? Has the original girl been murdered? Even Eliza’s father can’t say for sure.

Posing as a rich American gangster, Holmes infiltrates the Higgins household. He meets Freddy, a seemingly ubiquitous suitor, and the mysterious Baron Von Stettin, Bavarian attaché. He brushes up against a doctor whose potions can turn Eliza from a spitfire into a kitten. And he faces a deadly enemy who had been thought dead for twenty years. The world of Sherlock Holmes will never be the same.

About The Author

Timothy Miller is a native of Louisiana, a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans. He has two Sherlock Holmes novels under his belt: The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle and The Strange Case of the Dutch PainterThe Strange Case of the Pharaoh's Heart will be the third. He tended bar for twenty-five years everywhere from Bourbon St. in New Orleans to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. When not mourning over his beloved New Orleans Saints, he is mourning over his beloved Chicago Cubs. His favorite superhero is Underdog.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Seventh Street Books (January 19, 2021)
  • Length: 256 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781645060284

Raves and Reviews

A gripping, hugely entertaining and very satisfying read.

– Booklist, Starred Review

Full of surprises sure to satisfy any Holmes aficionado, and the ending is quite affecting.

– Historical Novel Society

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