Sherlock's Demon by English author Simon Clark (
ISFDB,
Wikipedia), a recipient of multiple British Fantasy Awards, is the 2nd novella in his Byron Makangelo series of horror-flavoured paranormal investigative adventures starring a wealthy eccentric with a pet monkey and a team of ghost hunters, this one a Sherlock Holmes tribute, being the case of a renovating couple who finds one of them being possessed by the spirit of the great detective himself for an unknown and possibly sinister purpose, for which the investigative team is called in to figure out, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press' Venture imprint.
This is one of their original publications by an established author and we've previously received the 3rd novella free as well:
The Fabled Oak
Currently free @
Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else Amazon sells worldwide, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)
Description
Joseph and April Hepworth are living their dream – turning the Manor House they have inherited into an organic farm.
But it quickly turns into a nightmare.
Joseph is possessed by the spirit of the world's most famous detective – Sherlock Holmes.
But why? And to what sinister purpose?
To find out, April calls upon an old flame, the charming ghost-hunter Byron Makangelo.
She hopes his expertise for the paranormal will help solve the mysteries surrounding Fernvale Manor.
But Byron is up against an opponent that would have baffled Holmes himself.
Sherlock's Demon is a tense paranormal mystery thriller that will keep readers guessing to the last page.