Death on a Pale Horse: Sherlock Holmes on Her Majesty’s Secret Service
About this audiobook
In a momentous period of British history, Donald Thomas' latest Sherlock Holmes adventure pits the great detective and his faithful biographer, Dr. John Watson, against an international conspiracy led by a disgraced English officer. Colonel Hunter Moran bears upon him the "Mark of the Beast"; his satanic ingenuity leaves a spectacular trail of devastation. It runs from the annihilation of a British armored column by Zulu tribesmen—armed only with shields and spears—to a life-and-death struggle on the sinking passenger steamer Comtesse de Flandre.
The heir to the French empire lies dead in the African dust. Europe is brought to the brink of war by forged dispatches, designed to enrich gun-runners and assassins. The gold fields and diamond mines of South Africa become the playground of organized crime. Only the detective genius of Holmes can prove a match for the unfolding criminality of Moran and his associates. With Watson and Mycroft at his side, Sherlock Holmes again demonstrates that although the powers of the state and the underworld may try to overpower him, they will never out-think his splendid analytical mind at the height of its powers.
About the author
Donald Thomas is the author of more than twenty books, including The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice from the Crypt, The Execution of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the King’s Evil, and Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly. He lives in England.
John Telfer has worked extensively in theatre, performing on many occasions for the Bristol Old Vic and Royal National Theatre companies. His numerous television credits include co-presenting Let’s Pretend and five years as sidekick Willy Pettit in Bergerac. In addition to many BBC Radio dramas and short stories, he has played the Reverend Alan Franks in The Archers since 2003 and has read for Poetry Please and Word of Mouth. A trained musician, he also narrates with the Brodsky Quartet and The Bristol Ensemble.
