Overview

Reggie and Nigel Heath are relatively close in age, but worlds apart in personality. The older of the two brothers, Reggie is a successful attorney with charisma to spare. Nigel has always struggled to step out of his shadow. When Reggie leases space in an office building on London's Baker Street, he finds that the paperwork comes with an odd stipulation: his firm must receive and respond with a standard reply to letters sent to Sherlock Holmes (who famously occupied the same address). When Nigel, newly suspended from practicing law and relegated to clerk duties, becomes intrigued by one of the 'Dear Sherlock' notes, he disappears quite suddenly, leaving a dead body in his wake, and Reggie must hop the next flight to Los Angeles to uncover the truth. Hot on his heels is his sometime lover, Laura - a quick-witted stage actress who's captured the hearts of both brothers.

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A very entertaining novel. Mystery fans, whether they're Sherlock Holmes addicts or not, will thoroughly enjoy it. [This] should be a popular series indeed. - Booklist An intriguing and original plot, a likeable detective and a page turning read. - M. C. Beaton A transatlantic mystery draws two brothers into a web of murder when attorney Reggie Heath rents office space on Baker Street. He begins receiving letters from various places addressed to Sherlock Holmes, and considers the letters an amusing nuisance. But his mentally fragile younger brother Nigel, who's working as a clerk for his brother, becomes obsessed with the continuing correspondence of a young Californian searching for her missing mother. Sure-footed, Robertson's debut is lively and inventive. - Kirkus Reviews

A transatlantic mystery draws two brothers into a web of murder.When attorney Reggie Heath rents office space on Baker Street in 1997, he begins receiving letters from various places addressed to Sherlock Holmes and appealing, naturally, for his detective help. Reggie considers the letters an amusing nuisance. But his mentally fragile younger brother Nigel, who's working as a clerk for his brother after being suspended from the practice of law for misconduct, becomes obsessed with the continuing correspondence of a young Californian searching for her missing mother. Reggie's often distracted from his needy brother's clashes with abrasive senior clerk Robert Ocher by his vigorous affair with American actress Laura Rankin. On the night that Laura is to return stateside for a major engagement, Reggie finds Ocher's bludgeoned body in Nigel's office. There's no trace of Nigel, so Reggie covers for him. When he finds evidence that Nigel's flown to Los Angeles, he follows, hoping to learn that his brother is innocent of murder or, failing that, is simply alive and well. Reggie's retracing of Nigel's footsteps takes him to a seedy hotel, another dead body and an encounter with the LAPD, who take him in on suspicion of murder. It's cold comfort to Reggie that witnesses mistake him for his brother. Upon his release, Reggie begins sleuthing in earnest. His investigation leads to a welcome reunion with Nigel and a rockier one with his ladylove Laura.Robertson's sure-footed debut is lively and inventive. (Kirkus Reviews)

<p> A very entertaining novel. Mystery fans, whether they're Sherlock Holmes addicts or not, will thoroughly enjoy it. [This] should be a popular series indeed. <br>- Booklist<br><br> An intriguing and original plot, a likeable detective and a page turning read. <br>- M. C. Beaton<br><br> A transatlantic mystery draws two brothers into a web of murder when attorney Reggie Heath rents office space on Baker Street. He begins receiving letters from various places addressed to Sherlock Holmes, and considers the letters an amusing nuisance. But his mentally fragile younger brother Nigel, who's working as a clerk for his brother, becomes obsessed with the continuing correspondence of a young Californian searching for her missing mother. Sure-footed, Robertson's debut is lively and inventive. <br>- Kirkus Reviews

<p>&#8220;A very entertaining novel. Mystery fans, whether they&#8217;re Sherlock Holmes addicts or not, will thoroughly enjoy it. [This] should be a popular series indeed.&#8221;<br>- Booklist <br> An intriguing and original plot, a likeable detective and a page turning read. <br>- M. C. Beaton <br>&#8220;A transatlantic mystery draws two brothers into a web of murder when attorney Reggie Heath rents office space on Baker Street. He begins receiving letters from various places addressed to Sherlock Holmes, and considers the letters an amusing nuisance. But his mentally fragile younger brother Nigel, who&#8217;s working as a clerk for his brother, becomes obsessed with the continuing correspondence of a young Californian searching for her missing mother. Sure-footed, Robertson&#8217;s debut is lively and inventive.&#8221;<br>- Kirkus Reviews

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"Michael Robertson works for a large company with branches in the United States and England. ""The Baker Street Letters"" is his first novel and has been optioned by Warner Bros. for television. He lives in Southern California."

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