Dr. John Watson Series

This series follows the experiences of a charismatic doctor during the dramatic events of World War I. He experiences firsthand the brutal reality of the front lines as well as the complexities of life behind them. The narratives are filled with courage, camaraderie, and the struggle for survival during one of history's most tumultuous periods.

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Dead Man's Land
Robert Ryan
496 pages
18 hours of reading
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A stunning thriller and “a page-turning read” (Daily Mail) set in the trenches of World War I featuring beloved literary character and Sherlock Holmes’s sidekick Dr. John Watson. Deep in the trenches of Flanders Fields, men are dying by the thousands every day…so one more death shouldn’t be a surprise. But then a body turns up with bizarre injuries, and Sherlock Holmes’s former sidekick Dr. John Watson finds his suspicions raised. The victim’s jaw was clamped shut in a terrible rictus and facial expression suggested that the man had seen unimaginable horror. Something is terribly wrong. But this is just the beginning. Soon more bodies appear, and Watson must discover who is the killer in the trenches. But who can he trust? Surrounded by unimaginable carnage, amidst a conflict that’s ripping the world apart, Watson must step out of the shadows and into the limelight if he’s to stop a brutal killer before he strikes again.
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The dead can wait
Robert Ryan
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Dr John Watson has another case to solve - this time it's murder on the home front. A stunning Dr Watson thriller from the author of Dead Man's Land
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A study in murder
Robert Ryan
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The year is 1917 and Major John Watson is held in a notorious prisoner of war camp deep in Germany, there as Medical Officer for the British prisoners. With the Allied blockade of Germany, food is perilously short in the camp and when a new prisoner is murdered all assume the poor chap was killed for his Red Cross parcel. Watson, though, isn't so sure. Something isn't quite what it seems and a creeping feeling of unease tells Watson there is more to this than meets the eye. And when an escape plot is apparently uncovered in his hut and he is sent to solitary confinement, he knows he has touched a nerve. If Watson is to reveal the heinous crimes that have occurred at the camp, he must escape before he is silenced for good. All he needs is some long-distance help from Sherlock Holmes...
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The Sign of Fear
of Clari Robert
448 pages
16 hours of reading
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A stunning Dr Watson thriller from the bestselling author of Dead Man's Land, The Dead Can Wait and A Study in Murder.

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Dead Man's Land

The dead can wait

A study in murder

The Sign of Fear