Ein Drei-Tassen-Problem

by Stefan Winges

DER SHERLOCK HOLMES von Köln - van Larkens erster Fall. Köln um 1895. In einer finsteren Gasse wird Baron Dollingen mit eingeschlagenem Schädel aufgefunden. Die Polizei verhaftet den Vetter des Hauptmann Kallbach hatte einen heftigen Streit mit dem Baron und besitzt plötzlich sehr viel Geld. Aber der exzentrische Detektiv Marius van Larken hält ihn für unschuldig.

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 31, 2014

Reviews

[rixx · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sherlock Holmes, just German and in the 1920s. If that sounds exciting to you, uh, here you go? I'm not kidding it's really straight up Sherlock, just in Cologne. There's a Mrs Hudson, the story is told from the point of view of his flatmate, a doctor returned from the army in the colonies, and they live together amid disputes about substance abuse in No 21B. Sherlock is talking incessantly about shoe soles instead of cigarette ashes, and they have to deal with a well-meaning but obviously wrong police officer, who invites them to the case only to not listen to them.