Snake Bite

A teenage detective unravels a deadly mystery in Shanghai involving a venomous snake and a looming threat to an American warship.

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304 pages· 67,646 words· Est. 6.5 hour read· 860L

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Kidnapped to China, young Sherlock Holmes faces a deadly enigma: three men bitten by the same snake across Shanghai. As he deciphers a cryptic diagram resembling a spider's web, a more sinister plot emerges—a threat to an American warship. With danger closing in, Sherlock must navigate perilous challenges to uncover the truth. Can he solve the mystery before it's too late?

From the publisher

Kidnapped and taken to China, teenage Sherlock finds himself plunged into the heart of a deadly mystery. How can three men be bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai? Who wants them dead, and why? The answers seem to lie in a message hidden in a diagram that looks like a spider’s web. But solving one puzzle only leads to an even more urgent question: What has all this got to do with a plot to blow up an American warship? To unravel the strands that entangle him, Sherlock must brave terrors greater than any he has faced before.Sherlock Holmes: Think you know him? Think again.

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