Brimstone: Louise Conan Doyle Mystery #1 (1) (Louise Conan Doyle Mysteries)

Louise accepted the weapon without the slightest hesitation, assuming the shooting stance absorbed from Lindsey's tutorial, grasping the revolver as he had. She peeked behind her to make sure the ground was even and clear, turned back to the target, raised the weapon, shifted her weight ever so slightly towards her toes, and took aim. She applied gentle pressure to the trigger, pulling it slowly, ever so slowly, until-A flash and a crack split the air, and another cloud of smoke arose.Louise's arms jerked slightly. She rocked back just a bit, but managed to stand her ground. She brought the gun back down to its firing position."You can open your eyes now," Jeremy told her.Brimstone is a vivid picture of a Victorian life wrapped in a mystery. Louise will let nothing deter her from discovering who really shot William Perenna, though his wife was found standing over him, smoking gun on the floor. But Louise is convinced that there's another shooter, one who disappeared from a locked house without being seen. Will her investigative efforts and intrepid scientific experimentation save Anna Perenna from the gallows?---------------- In later life it was Louise who created Sherlock Holmes and wrote his early adventures. It was her husband, Arthur Conan Doyle, who took the credit. My non-fictional book, Shadow Woman, tells of his appropriation of her brilliance.Brimstone is a revelation of Louise Hawkins as a woman before her time. She was educated in math, science, and literature as few women of the era were. She was a feminist before the term existed. She advocated for the equality of all races when scientists, politicians, and generals argued otherwise. Brimstone intertwines fact, fiction and speculation to reveal the personality and character of this extraordinary woman, Louise Conan Doyle n?e Hawkins, as you will come to know and admire her.

• | Author: John Allen
• | Publisher: Allen & Allen Semiotics, Inc.
• | Publication Date: May 18, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0984271694
• | ISBN-13: 9780984271696