A beautifully presented sinister seasonal mystery from the acclaimed author of Sherlock Holmes& The Christmas Demon.1889. The First Terror.At a boys prep school in the Kent marshes, a pupil is found drowned in a pond. Could this be the fulfilment of a witch's curse from two hundred years earlier?1890. The Second Terror.A wealthy man dies of a heart attack at his London townhouse. Was he really frightened to death by ghosts?1894. The Third Terror.A body is discovered at a Surrey country manor, hideously ravaged. Is the culprit a cannibal, as the evidence suggests?These three linked crimes test Sherlock Holmes's deductive powers, and his scepticism about the supernatural, to the limit.

James Lovegrove is the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin. He has been short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and reviews fiction for the Financial Times. He is the author of the Dragon-Award winning Firefly: The Ghost Machine, Firefly: The Magnificent Nine, and Firefly: Big Damn Hero with Nancy Holder. He has written many acclaimed Sherlock Holmes novels, including Sherlock Holmes& the Christmas Demon. He lives in Eastbourne in the UK.