Sherlock Holmes and the Temple of Death

Two dead monks...

Two dead faces horrifically twisted by sheer terror...

Sherlock Holmes is in Japan, following his epic battle with the evil criminal mastermind, Moriarty...

But then Holmes - together with his faithful companion, the Japanese doctor Yoshida- sensei - are summoned to the so-called 'Temple of Death'...

There, Holmes realizes an ancient series of Japanese koan - Zen 'riddles' so complex that they have previously driven a man completely insane...

Can Holmes solve these koan? And if he does, what mortal danger then awaits the famous English detective and his assistant...?

PLEASE NOTE : This is a (very close) retelling of 'The Cursed Temple (An Ennin Mystery #1)'. I have reworked the original story in order to pay homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his legendary creation, who inspired me from childhood.

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