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In 1915 Auguste Lupa, a mysterious 25-year-old chef, is asked to join the weekly homemade-beer-and-conversation sessions of undercover French spy Jules Giraud, who is on the trail of a master German saboteur with designs on the nearby armory in St. Etienne. At Lupa's first meeting with Giraud's group, a member is killed with poisoned beer. Convinced that this murder is the work of the German spy, Giraud enlists Lupa in finding the culprit. An attempt is made on Lupa's life, the armory is blown up, and the probity of the chef himself is questioned by the police before he brings all the suspects together for a confrontation and unmasking. Detection fans will probably spot the villain early in this medium-weight puzzler. But they will lap up the details of Lupa's possible heritage, and with his brilliance, devotion to food, flowers, books, beer and the color yellow, it's soon plain that the chef is really the young Nero Wolfe. It has been suggested before that Wolfe was Sherlock Holmes's son, and this will be all the delicious "proof" that Wolfe fans need. Lescroart's first novel was Sunburn.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The New York Times bestselling author's chip-off-the-old Sherlock-back in print!
The “reliably excellent”* John Lescroart offers an engrossing historical mystery that takes us to a small French town in the dark days of World War I—where the rumor is that Auguste Lupa is the son of the greatest detective of all time. And his mysterious legacy may come to light as he attempts to solve the baffling murder of an intelligence agent…
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Elementary my Dear Lupa!,
By "danji16" (Salem, MA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Son of Holmes (Paperback)
This was a great read, from the introduction to the end....Lescroart gave Lupa enough of his "father" but still keeping a sensible distance as to not create a clone. I just purchased Rasputin's Revenge, and I'm looking forward to reading it! I hope you continue to write more A. Lupa stories!
2.0 out of 5 stars
Extra Credit for Brevity,
By MacTonite (Desolation Row) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Son of Holmes (Paperback)
"Dead Irish" and "The Vig" were O.K. But why must all of the "Dismal" Hardy novels be 400 pages+? And, if a knucklehead like me can figure out "whodunit" by page 10 -- imagine the torture for semi-literate readers! Thankfully, "Son of Holmes" is only half the length of a Dismal Hardy novel. Not that Mr. Lescroart has figured out how to put "mystery" in his mystery novel: the "whodunit" is still loudly and obviously broadcast early on. But at least we're given a couple hours of our lives back.
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2.8 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Don't think Conan Doyle, think Rex Stout,
By Dennis W. Bray "Brayman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Son of Holmes (Paperback)
Other reviewers have not fully enjoyed this book because they are looking for satisfaction as a post Holmes story. It is more an early Nero Wolfe story - "Auguste Lupa" is the backstory referred to by Nero Wolfe in several of the Rex Stout novels. Here he is young and fit, not yet corpulent but displaying his trademark love of food, beer and horticulture. The cook, Fritz Benet is obviously the WWI identity of Fritz Brenner, Nero Wolfe's chef and housekeeper.There are many treats here for Rex Stout fans - Auguste Lupa's designing a remote signaling device to have beer fetched to him, his mistrust of women, using an intelligent legman to gather facts for him to decipher and of course gathering all the players for the unmasking of the criminal. As a standalone mystery it would be only a couple of stars, but as biographical fodder for Nero Wolfe, it is "very satisfactory". 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing for Lescroart or Holmes Fans,
By Booklover "Librarian" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Son of Holmes (Paperback)
I have to agree with the reader who found this novel trite and dull. I got very very tired of hearing about nothing but beer in every other sentence. I did slog on to the bitter end, but expected so much more of Lescroart, as other novels I have read were engrossing and fairly literate. I picked this book up because my husband is a die-hard Holmes fan. I told him not to bother. Reading this would just make him angry.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
boring waste of time,
By E. T. Ashworth "tompaine47" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Son of Holmes (Paperback)
Really. Don't bother. I'm half through, there's been one murder, and I still can't stop wondering when something is going to happen -- other than everyone walking around town, drinking beer. This guy gets paid for writing????
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