Terror from America: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure($29.95Value)

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The canonical sleuthing of Holmes takes to the shadowed streets of 1880s New York, where history and mystery intertwine. It’s 1885, and London is under attack. Teams of Irish Americans armed with dynamite are blowing up bridges, trains, and even Scotland Yard. But when Her Majesty’s government sends Sherlock Holmes to New York City, where the conspiracy is being hatched in newspaper offices, pubs, and possibly City Hall, the Irish American agenda for establishing home rule meets its match. As Holmes works with skeptical New York detectives, two British diplomats are murdered in Central Park. A trail of verse and violence leads Holmes into the heart of New York’s Irish underworld and toward a woman as dangerous as she is gifted with words. As the great detective closes in, powerful forces within New York’s Irish community move to protect their own—turning the city into a battlefield of wit, loyalty, and hidden allegiances. "A wild, exciting, and masterful weave of imagination and untold history. Terry Golway delights us with one of the great what-ifs of Ireland's struggle for independence: What if the British had dispatched Sherlock Holmes to head off the Fenians of Irish America?" -Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland "What happens when rabid New York Irish revolutionaries battle both British and American authorities in 1885? And what do you get when you have a cauldron swimming with John Devoy, Sherlock Holmes, Charles Stewart Parnell, Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, and Lord Randolph Churchill? You get Terror from America , Terry Golway's innovative and exciting tale of espionage in London and New York, all observed by the deductive eye of the world's greatest detective, Holmes himself. Come for the characterizations, stay for the shocking denouement." -Dermot McEvoy, author of The 13th Apostle and Our Lady of Greenwich Village "If you think there's not a whole lot more significant sleuthing left in Sherlock Holmes, think again. Terry Golway opens a gripping new chapter in the career of the Baker Street bloodhound. Leaving behind imperial London, Holmes plunges into the world of New York's Irish American revolutionaries. The plot is intriguing, the action compelling, the writing sterling. Golway is a master storyteller. He gives us Holmes at his very best." -Peter Quinn, author of Cross Bronx: A Writing Life Terry Golway is a veteran journalist and historian known in the US and Ireland as an expert in Irish American history and American politics. He is the author of more than a dozen nonfiction books, most of which deal with some aspect of Irish American or American political history. He has written thousands of articles for publications including The New York Times, The New York Observer, Politico, The Irish Echo, and Irish America Magazine. He has appeared on national television and radio numerous times over the last twenty-five years, including several documentaries on both sides of the Atlantic. He has mentored journalists who now work for national newspapers, networks, and news sites. He holds a PhD in US history from Rutgers University and is a member of the board of advisers at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University.