{"product_id":"raffertys-last-case-a-minnesota-mystery-featuring-sherlock-holmes-hardcover","title":"Rafferty's Last Case: A Minnesota Mystery Featuring Sherlock Holmes - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLarry Millett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ninth and final Minnesota mystery, in which Shadwell Rafferty, with the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, may have solved his own murder\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like many mysteries, this one begins with a murder. But in this case the victim happens to be the detective, on the verge of revealing the culprit in an earlier crime. Had Shadwell Rafferty identified his own murderer? When news of Rafferty's death reaches Sherlock Holmes, in Chicago on the last leg of an American speaking tour, the world's most famous detective and his redoubtable companion Watson rush to Minnesota to hunt for their friend's killer. \u003cp\u003eSet amid the glittering society and sordid underworld of 1928 St. Paul, Larry Millett's ninth and final Shadwell Rafferty mystery takes readers through the serpentine twists of Rafferty's fatal investigation, even as Holmes, following in Rafferty's tracks, may be closing in on the answer to both cases. This ingenious double mystery takes us to every corner of St. Paul, from the city's most notorious speakeasy to a home for unwed mothers to the mansions of Summit Avenue, and at every turn we find another suspect: an ambitious mayor and his devoted fixer-in-chief, a heartless blackmailer and a police detective mired in city hall connections, a poet-turned-mystery writer with a suspicious coterie, and a priest hiding a terrible secret. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious woman in Minneapolis who makes certain illicit arrangements and a young man in possession of incriminating documents provide Holmes with vital clues that lead to a final confrontation with an exceptionally devious murderer worthy of the exceptionally devious plot that brings the Minnesota mystery series to a fitting and powerful conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarry Millett is the author of twenty books, including nine mystery novels featuring Sherlock Holmes and St. Paul detective Shadwell Rafferty. A longtime reporter and architecture critic for the \u003ci\u003eSt. Paul Pioneer Press\u003c\/i\u003e, he has also written numerous books on architecture, including \u003ci\u003eHeart of St. Paul: A History of the Pioneer and Endicott Buildings\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLost Twin Cities\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOnce There Were Castles\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eMinnesota Modern\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of a Minnesota Book Award (all from Minnesota).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766561145120,"sku":"9781517913113","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/699430cbe4a40e5c6b08f23cb82992fe.webp?v=1780294653","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/raffertys-last-case-a-minnesota-mystery-featuring-sherlock-holmes-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}