Under a Raven's Wing

The Apprenticeship of Sherlock Holmes<\/i>\n\nIn 1870s Paris, long before meeting his Dr Watson, the young man who will one day become the world’s greatest detective finds himself plunged into a mystery that will change his life forever.\n<\/p>\n\nA brilliant man―C. Auguste Dupin<\/i>―steps from the shadows. Destined to become his mentor. Soon to introduce him to a world of ghastly crime and seemingly inexplicable horrors.\n<\/p>\n\nThe spectral tormentor that is being called, in hushed tones, The Phantom of the Opera . . .\nThe sinister old man who visits corpses in the Paris morgue . . .\nAn incarcerated lunatic who insists she is visited by creatures from the Moon . . .\nA hunchback discovered in the bell tower of Notre Dame . . .\nAnd―perhaps most shocking of all―the awful secret Dupin himself hides from the world.\n<\/p>\n\nTales of Mystery, Imagination, and Terror<\/i>\n<\/p>\n\nInvestigated in the company of the darkest master of all.\n<\/p>\n\nCONTENTS \x26 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n“The Comfort of the Seine” copyright 2011, originally published in Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes<\/i> (republished in Poe Forevermore<\/i>). “The Purloined Face” copyright 2013, originally published in Beyond Rue Morgue: Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1st Detective<\/i>. “The Lunacy of Celestine Blot” copyright 2015, originally published in The Mammoth Book of Sherlock Holmes Abroad<\/i>. “The Three Hunchbacks” copyright 2016, originally published in The Parts We Play (Supporting Roles)<\/i>. “Father of the Man” copyright 2018, originally published in Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes<\/i>. “The Language of Terror” and “The Mercy of the Night” copyright 2020, previously unpublished.\n<\/p>

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