Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils

Paperback, 464 pages

English language

Published by Titan Books.

ISBN:: 978-1-78565-293-6

Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that involves H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is the third and final book in The Cthulhu Casebooks trilogy following Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows and Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities.

Now retired from detective work, Sherlock Holmes is called on once again to do battle with occult forces. Unrest in Europe is threatening to turn into all-out war, and there are certain parties who would seek to gain from the mass slaughter.

When his brother, Mycroft, is found dead on a lonely stretch of beach in Sussex, the body covered in slime and hideously mutilated, Holmes unearths a plot against members of the Diogenes Club that has far-reaching, apocalyptic consequences.

With trusty Watson once more at his side, Holmes sallies forth one last time to …

Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that involves H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. It is the third and final book in The Cthulhu Casebooks trilogy following Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows and Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities.

Now retired from detective work, Sherlock Holmes is called on once again to do battle with occult forces. Unrest in Europe is threatening to turn into all-out war, and there are certain parties who would seek to gain from the mass slaughter.

When his brother, Mycroft, is found dead on a lonely stretch of beach in Sussex, the body covered in slime and hideously mutilated, Holmes unearths a plot against members of the Diogenes Club that has far-reaching, apocalyptic consequences.

With trusty Watson once more at his side, Holmes sallies forth one last time to defy the nameless, unspeakable entities from beyond who would wish to conquer the earth and make every human their slave.

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Zac reviewed Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils by James Lovegrove (The Cthulhu Casebooks, #3)

It all comes down to this

4 stars

Trying to merge mystery and mythos themes into a novel is much more difficult than you would think. A mythos story typically involves considerable investigation but it is a different type than a mystery. Especially one in the vein of a Sherlock Holmes story.

Lovegrove has worked, over the course of this trilogy, at how to best serve both types of story and it really does succeed in this final book. It truly does have everything that you would expect from both type of story and the transition from one to another is well done.

A satisfying ending for the trilogy and a fun read.

Subjects

Horror
Mystery
Detective
Sherlock Holmes
Cthulhu Mythos