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A Man of the Law
di Orlando Pearson
A cricketing legend, a racial injustice, and a retired detective facing his own failure.
Short story | pagg. 13 | 24/03/2026 | Giallo
A cricketing legend, a racial injustice, and a retired detective facing his own failure.
Short story | pagg. 13 | 24/03/2026 | Giallo
In wartime London, Sherlock Holmes witnesses a humiliating act of prejudice: the great West Indian cricketer Learie Constantine is turned away from a hotel due to his race. Though Holmes can find no legal remedy, Constantine takes a historic stand in court, challenging the law itself. Holmes faces a rare and profound failure, while justice is forged in an unexpected quarter. A powerful story of dignity, determination, and the legacy of one man’s courage.
London businessman, Orlando Pearson is the creator of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes series, which buries forever the idea that Sherlock Holmes might not have been a historical person.
Do you want to see Sherlock Holmes come to the rescue of Queen Victoria, arrange the borders of post-war Europe, clear Macbeth of murder, unravel King Oedipus’s complexities, or provide advice to the Almighty? Then you will find all this and more in the seven collections of short stories, two novels, and the six plays in the series.
When not communing with the spirits of 221b, Orlando enjoys sport, music, and browsing price comparison websites.
He has written Sherlock Holmes stories on all these topics.
