The disappearance of Alastair Ainsworth /

Goldberg, Leonard S.,

The disappearance of Alastair Ainsworth / Leonard Goldberg. - First edition. - 306 pages ; 22 cm. - A daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery . - Goldberg, Leonard S. Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery. .

The unannounced visitor -- The advertisement -- Dr. Verner's office -- The chase -- The sister -- The trail -- Paddington Station -- The Admiralty Club -- Blood smears -- The British Museum -- Covent garden -- The Baker Street irregulars -- St. John's wood -- The secret companion -- A coded message -- Waterloo Station -- Lady Jane -- They mysterious gentleman -- The unexpected death -- Westminster Abbey -- A strange meeting -- Hyde Park -- Exodus -- The deciphering -- A traitor -- The trap -- Alistair Ainsworth.

Dr. Alexander Verner has just returned from an unsettling trip to see a patient who he believes is being held against his will. Joanna quickly realizes that Verner's patient is Alistair Ainsworth, a high-ranking cryptographer who the Germans have taken captive to pry vital information about England's military strategies for the Great War. Ainsworth must be found at all costs-- and Joanna and the Watsons might be the only ones who can connect the clues to find him. -- Adapted from jacket flap.

9781250101082 1250101085

2019002361


Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) --Fiction.


Women private investigators--England--Fiction.
Cryptographers--England--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Investigation--England--Fiction.
Nineteen tens--Fiction.


London (England)--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--George V, 1910-1936--Fiction.


Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.

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