Sherlock Holmes and the Witches of Riverside
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Sherlock Holmes and the Witches of Riverside is the eleventy-first novel in the acclaimed comedy series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Plot Summary
The book saw Holmes and his assistant/love interest Dr. Watson enjoying a holiday in the town of Riverside. Watson, as a doctor, is soon called upon to treat a patient suffering from the deadly virus known as Manflu. When the poor patient later turns up dead with his organs gouged out, Holmes and Watson suspect foul play. Despite the local police believing the death to be accidental, the pair prepare to track down the mysterious Witches of Riverside, creatures said to haunt the town after dark.
The truth, as it turned out, was that none other than Professor Moriarty himself was behind the manflu outbreak, having released a vial of the deadly illness into the water supply. Having hired some Ladies of the Night from Soho in London, he had tied knives to their hands and driven them mad with 12 hour marathon runs of the theme song from "Barnabus, Mauve Thunder Lizard", thus creating the Witches himself. They made sure noone saw his nighttime raids on the bank, which had been mysteriously losing money.
Eventually, Holmes and Moriarty faced off against each other on top of the Statue of Liberty, but Moriarty escaped in his TARDIS before Holmes could catch him.
Critical reception
The book was widely criticised at the time by long term Holmes fans, on account of it making not a single lick of sense.
