March 1895. Hilary Term at Oxford. In the newly built extension to the University Galleries, Professor
Quantock has put the finishing touches to a wondrous computational device which, he claims, is capable
of analytical thought to rival that of the cleverest men alive. Indeed, his so-called Thinking Engine seems
equal to Sherlock Holmes himself in its deductive powers.
To prove his point, Quantock programmes his machine to solve a murder in the Jericho area which has
been baffling Oxford police. The Engine identifies a suspect who proves not to have a valid alibi for the
night of the crime. The man is duly arrested and arraigned.
Sherlock Holmes cannot ignore this challenge. He and Watson travel to Oxford, where a battle of wits
ensues between the great detective and his mechanical counterpart as they compete to see which of them
can be first to solve a series of crimes. As man and machine vie for supremacy, it becomes clear that the
Thinking Engine has its own agenda. Holmes's and Watson's lives are on the line as a ghost from the past
catches up with them…
Product code: 9781783295036
| ISBN |
9781783295036 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD in mm) |
H203xW129xS20 |
| No. Of Pages |
288 |
| Publisher |
Titan Books Ltd |
| Series |
Sherlock Holmes |