58 pages 1 hour read

James Patterson, Brian Sitts

Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2024

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Chapters 67-96Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 67 Summary

Marple returns after midnight and gives Grey a search warrant for the Siglik house. As Grey quickly mobilizes her team, Holmes feels the onset of a panic attack. He hurries to his bedroom, where he takes his emergency supply of heroin before retrieving a gun and joining the assembled police.

Chapter 68 Summary

Marple stays with Holmes and Poe as a SWAT team enters the Siglik house. She notes Holmes’s odd demeanor and alerts Poe that their partner is intoxicated. When a police dog approaches, Poe worries that it’s a drug-sniffing dog, but he’s relieved that the dog is trained to find cadavers. Marple urges Holmes not to blow this, but Holmes does not react.

Chapter 69 Summary

Holmes feels time “[float] by” as the SWAT team investigates the house, distracted by “kaleidoscope colors” and moving shadows. When he approaches the house, he feels that “it radiate[s] evil” (232).

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