Wednesday August 9, 2023 – 5:00-6:30 PM EDT
Price: Free
Registration: Call the bookstore to reserve your seat: 843-812-9460
Location: Nevermore Books | 910 Port Republic St, Beaufort
“A testament to the power of deductive reasoning…. Goldberg brings his characters vibrantly to life… a worthy successor to Conan Doyle’s original.”―Charleston Post and Courier
NeverMore Books and the Pat Conroy Literary Center will host an evening with USA Today bestselling mystery novelist Leonard Goldberg, author of The Wayward Prince (Book 7 in the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Series), in conversation with Conroy Center executive director Jonathan Haupt. This free event will be held on Wednesday, August 9, at 5:00 p.m., at 910 Port Republic St, Beaufort. Books will be available for sale and signing. Call the bookstore to reserve your seat: 843-812-9460
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ABOUT The Wayward Prince
During the height of the Great War, playboy Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, vanishes in thin air while horseback riding in Hyde Park. When his absence continues on for days, the royal family grows concerned and summons Scotland Yard, who can only recover scant, unrevealing clues. The concern deepens when MI5 decodes a recent message from German spies in London which speaks of a captured asset that will bring great embarrassment to the Crown. There is a strong belief within the Intelligence agency that plans are underway to transport the captive prince to Berlin without delay. Despite an intensive search, no trace of the royal can be detected.
With Scotland Yard and MI5 baffled, Joanna Holmes, daughter of the famed British detective, and the senior and younger Dr. Watsons are called in, and they soon find themselves entangled in a web of abortion, murder, treason, and spies, all of which is seemingly being orchestrated by an arch-enemy of the long-dead Sherlock Holmes. In their race to rescue Prince Harry, it becomes clear that the mastermind behind the maze of crimes has a singular motive in mind. He desires overdue revenge in the form of Joanna’s death.
“An appealing installment for franchise fans and newcomers alike.” ―Kirkus Reviews
“Goldberg amply demonstrates once again just how compelling a figure Joanna Holmes has become. Simply put, this series is one of the best continuations of the Sherlock mythos that one could hope for.”―Mystery Scene
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Leonard Goldberg is the USA Today bestselling author of the Joanna Blalock medical thrillers. His novels have been translated into a dozen languages and were selections of the Book of the Month Club, French and Czech book clubs, and The Mystery Guild. They were featured as People’s “Page-Turner of the Week” and at the International Book Fair. After a long career affiliated with the UCLA Medical Center as a Clinical Professor of Medicine, he now lives on an island off the coast of Charleston, SC.
ABOUT THE INTERVIEWER
Jonathan Haupt is the executive director of the Pat Conroy Literary Center, a frequent guest book reviewer for the Charleston Post and Courier, and co-editor of Our Prince of Scribes: Writers Remember Pat Conroy, winner of 17 book awards.
