- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Century; 1st Edition edition (24 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0712670890
- ISBN-13: 978-0712670890
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,206,677 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Writer David Pirie has crafted a clever blend of historical evidence and fiction in the grand manner of a traditional Holmes mystery." -"Variety
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While a young medical student at Edinburgh, Arthur Conan Doyle famously studied under the remarkable Dr Joseph Bell. Taking this as a starting point, David Pirie has woven a compelling thriller which partners Bell and Doyle as pioneers in criminal investigation, exploring the strange underworld of violence and sexual hypocrisy running below the surface of the Victorian era.The Patient's Eyes takes place in Portsmouth where the impoverished young Arthur Doyle opens his first medical practice. There he is puzzled by the symptoms presented by Heather Grace, a sweet young woman whose parents have died tragically several years before. Heather has a strange eye complaint, but is also upset by a visions of a phantom cyclist who vanishes as soon as he is followed. This enigma, however, is soon forgotten as Doyle finds himself embroiled in more threatening events - including the murder of a rich Spanish businessman - events that call for the intervention of the eminent Dr Bell But despite coming to Doyle's aid, perversely Dr Bell considers the murder of Senor Garcia a rather unimportant diversion from the real criminal affair in Doyle's letter summoning him south: the matter of the patient's eyes and the solitary cyclist Tense, dramatic and unputdownable, The Patient's Eyes marks the debut of a brilliant new crime writer.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent read,
By michael.ralph@airtours.com (Stockport) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Patient's Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (Murder Rooms) (Hardcover)
After watching the excellent dramatisation of David Pirie's 'Murder Rooms' I decided to read this book. I was not disappointed and can thoroughly recommend it to fans of the series.The characters of Dr Bell and Dr Doyle come alive throughout the novel set in Victorian England. You will find it hard to put the book down as you follow the main characters through an increasingly disturbing case, which culminates leaving the reader begging for more.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than Sherlock Holmes,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Patient's Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (Murder Rooms) (Paperback)
At last we begin delving into the real world of Sherlock Holmes. Though the little crime incidents themselves are fictional, Pirie has made a genuine effort to create characters that are believable and included many facts about Dr Joseph Bell, the model for Holmes, and Doyle that make you believe what you are reading as truth!It's written in an excellent web-like fashion, keeping you gripped with various different mysteries. The world that is depicted can be compared to our modern world and both Doyle and Bell could just as easily be modern day characters. Indeed by merely removing the victorian surrounding, your horses and carriages, etc, and by replacing them with their modern day equavalents, like cars, etc, we have a modern mystery.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not just for admirers of the TV episodes!,
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This review is from: The Patient's Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (Murder Rooms) (Paperback)
This excellent book is written in the first person, but instead of Dr. Watson relating the adventures of Holmes we have Dr. Doyle describing his exploits with Dr. Joseph Bell. An entertaining read which does differ from the televised stories, but is a must for all fans of Victorian who-dunits. I look forward to the sequels...
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