The Future Door

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© 2011 Jason Lethcoe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lethcoe, Jason.
   The future door / Jason Lethcoe.
    p. cm. — (No place like Holmes ; bk. 2)
Summary: When Charlotte, a long-term fan of Sherlock Holmes, moves into his former apartment on Baker Street then disappears along with a special invention, her neighbors and fellow detectives Griffin and his uncle try to find her in a race against the clock that bends time itself.
      ISBN 978-1-4003-1730-1 (pbk.)
[1. Missing persons—Fiction. 2. Uncles—Fiction. 3. Inventions—Fiction. 4. Time travel—Fiction. 5. Christian life—Fiction. 6. Characters in literature—Fiction. 7. London (England)—History—19th century—Fiction. 8. Great Britain— History—19th century—Fiction. 9. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title.
    PZ7.L56647Fut 2011
    [Fic]—dc23

2011027871

Printed in the United States of America
11 12 13 14 15 QG 6 5 4 3 2 1

Mfr: Quad Graphics / Fairfield, PA / November 2011 / PPO# 125603

For Nancy
Thank you for your timeless love.
You are my past, my present, and my future.

—J.J.L.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I
would like to acknowledge Molly Kempf Hodgin, my longtime editor and partner in crime. Thanks for your vigilance, skill, and unending support. Without your help, Griffin's story surely would have remained untold.

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.

—A
LBERT
E
INSTEIN

CONTENTS

S
EPARATING THE
F
ACTS

P
ROLOGUE

1: T
HE
M
ISSING
S
PYGLASS

2: B
OSTON

3: T
HE
M
ORIARTYS

4: U
PSIDE
D
OWN

5: T
HE
L
ADY
R
ETURNS

6: T
HE
J
OURNAL

7: H
OMECOMING

8: B
ROTHER AND
S
ISTER

9: Q
UESTIONS

10: B
ACK AT THE
B
OSTON
D
OCKS

11: B
AKER
S
TREET

12: T
HE
S
PIDER'S
W
EB

13: T
EA FOR
T
HREE

14: A B
UMP IN THE
N
IGHT

15: T
HE
R
ETURN

16: T
HE
B
EEKEEPER

17: T
HE
F
UNERAL

18: T
HE
O
LD
C
LOCK

19: C
HANGES

20: S
TONEHENGE

21: T
HE
T
UNNELS
B
ELOW

22: A D
ASH OF
P
EPPER

23: T
IME
-T
RAVELING
T
EAPOT

24: M
ISS
F
ITCH

25: N
EW
L
ONDON

26: S
O
C
LOSE

27: A N
EW
P
LAN

28: T
HE
F
UTURE
D
OOR

29: A L
ONG
T
IME

30: T
HE
S
PIDER AND THE
B
EE

31: N
O
P
LACE
L
IKE
H
OLMES

E
PILOGUE

H
OW
S
HARPE
A
RE
Y
OU?

T
HE
C
ASE OF THE
B
IG
G
AME
H
UNTER:
A G
RIFFIN
S
HARPE
M
INI
-M
YSTERY

T
HE
C
ASE OF THE
M
ISSING
M
ASTERPIECE
:
A G
RIFFIN
S
HARPE
M
INI
-M
YSTERY

H
OW TO
B
REW THE
P
ERFECT
P
OT OF
B
RITISH
T
EA

A
NSWERS TO
G
RIFFIN
S
HARPE
M
INI
-M
YSTERIES

SEPARATING THE FACTS

I
t is of particular importance that we stick to the facts when talking about the history of Griffin Sharpe. Although scholars have attributed many fantastic deeds to the World's Most Secret Detective, we must try, if possible, to remain objective and sort out what is fact from fiction.