Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell

By: Nicholas Meyer

Narrated by: David Robb, Nicholas Meyer

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson cross the Atlantic at the height of World War I in pursuit of a mysterious coded telegram in this new mystery from the author of The Return of the Pharaoh.

June, 1916. With a world war raging on the continent, exhausted John H. Watson, MD, is operating on the wounded full-time when his labors are interrupted by a knock on his door, revealing Sherlock Holmes, with a black eye, a missing tooth and a cracked rib. The story he has to tell will set in motion a series of world-changing events in the most consequential case of the detective's career.

Amid rebellion in Ireland and revolution in Russia, Germany has a secret plan to win the war and Sir William Melville of the British Secret Service dispatches the two aging friends to learn what the scheme is before it can be put into effect. In pursuit of a mysterious coded telegram sent from Berlin to an unknown recipient in Mexico, Holmes and Watson must cross the Atlantic, dodge German U-boats and assassination attempts, and evade the intrigues of young J. Edgar Hoover, while enlisting the help of a beautiful, eccentric Washington socialite as they seek to foil the schemes of Holmes's nemesis, the escaped German spymaster Von Bork.

©2024 Nicholas Meyer (P)2024 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Who said seniors don't have fun

A senior version of Watson and Sherlock, but very much in character for both and with Nicholas Meyer as the author, you know it will be clever and entertaining, and it is!

it's a wonderful Sherlock Holmes adventure.

The research and sincerity and skill of the author is felt in every page. a superb Sherlock Holmes book that takes place is late in his life.
The plot is great and the narration is great.

A delight for all Sherlock Holmes fans!

What’s not to love about Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson? Mr Meyer brings the pair beautifully to life with a certain touch of poignancy and pathos. Wonderfully narrated by David Rob.

Richly detailed

I get off on exhaustive historical detail. The adventure-story genre appeals to me too. Meyers captured both in this Sherlock Holmes traveling spy story set during WWI. Stay for the afterward, but listen to it only after listening to the whole novel.

Good story, Homes unconvincing

This is the first of Nicholas Meyer's Sherlock Holmes books I have listened to. I thought the story and the portrait of Dr. Watson were quite good. However, I thought that Sherlock Holmes was not the same character as in the original books by Conan Dayle. He does not do much sleuthing or describe amazing ways he deduced something. I did like the story mirroring many true facts of WWI. I plan on listening to some of Meyer's other Sherlock Holmes books as this was still enjoyable