Watson Without Holmes

About the Book

Mild mannered Walter Willoughby becomes a widower. At fifty-seven, he retires from a career as a postal employee in White Plains, New York, and moves to the quaint village of Bakerstown in Connecticut to be near his daughter, Anne and grandson, seven year old, Eric. Walter has few friends during the first year in his new home.

Concerned that her father has drawn into a life of seclusion, Anne reminds Walter that he had wanted to become involved in new activities. Because of his earlier interest in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne encourages him to audition for an amateur theatre production of Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles.

To please his daughter, yet against his better judgment, Walter agrees to audition for the play. On that hot July afternoon in 1991, Walter’s life is suddenly changed. He no longer settles into his former routine. A series of grisly murders rocks the quiet village. Incredibly, they seem to lead to Walter’s very doorstep. By the time the play is presented, Walter reveals the murderer’s identity and discovers himself to be a courageous and resourceful person.

About the Author