Spring 1902. America is coming to terms with the murder of President McKinley the previous autumn; Britain is preparing to crown King Edward the Seventh.A series of cryptic advertisements in a personal column lead Holmes to a body in Regent's Park, and when a Scottish lawyer is found murdered in a London hotel on the same day, Holmes senses a conspiracy connected with the Jacobites. Commissioned by the presidential aide in London, Holmes and Watson head for Scotland, convinced a collection of golden angels hidden at the time of the American War of Independence is now sought by the conspirators who assassinated the president. And somewhere along the line, the Jacobite Pretender to the British throne is involved...
- ISBN10 0727877062
- ISBN13 9780727877062
- Publish Date 29 August 2008 (first published 2 March 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Severn House Publishers Ltd
- Imprint Severn House Large Print Books
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English