Full name: A Soul of Steel: An Irene Adler Novel

Also published as: Irene At Large

Author: Carole Nelson Douglas Year: 1992 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Fiction, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: Google Books Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780765347909 0765347903

Alive and well despite the widely published accounts of her death,  diva Irene Adler and her dashing husband Godfrey Norton are taking coffee with their friend Nell Huxleigh in a Parisian sidewalk cafe when a stranger dressed in Oriental garb falls at their feet.  It is not Irene's beauty that has felled him, but a dose of poison--and even more surprisingly, the friends learn as he recovers that he is an Englishman!  The mysterious young man informs them that he is seeking a Dr. Watson who tended his wounds at the disastrous battle of Maiwand, a man whose life he says is now in mortal danger.   The hunt is on and their search will lead them to a command performance for the Empress of all the Russias and to Sarah Bernhardt, into a channel steamer and at last to the doorstep of  221 Baker Street, where they will discover deadly secrets both past and present.  This book is part of the "Irene Adler" series. Here are some other books from this series: "Spider Dance" First published in 2004 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Femme Fatale" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Castle Rouge" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Chapel Noir" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Another Scandal in Bohemia" First published in 1994 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Adventuress" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Good Night, Mr. Holmes" First published in 1990 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Good Night, Mr. Holmes by Carole Nelson Douglas The Adventuress by Carole Nelson Douglas Spider Dance by Carole Nelson Douglas Another Scandal in Bohemia by Carole Nelson Douglas Femme Fatale by Carole Nelson Douglas Castle Rouge by Carole Nelson Douglas Chapel Noir by Carole Nelson Douglas Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme by Carole Nelson Douglas Cat in a Red Hot Rage by Carole Nelson Douglas Cat in an Alien X-Ray by Carole Nelson Douglas The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch The Lake House by Kate Morton A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley Speaking from Among the Bones by Alan Bradley Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters