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Deep State

Orlando Pearson

Publisher: Delos Digital

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Summary

Giallo - short story (21 pagine) - Some conspiracies are invisible—until Holmes looks directly at them. 
 
 
 
A routine inquiry draws Sherlock Holmes into a web with no obvious author and no visible edges. Power operates in whispers, decisions are made nowhere, and responsibility vanishes everywhere. 
As Holmes follows the logic, he discovers a force that thrives beyond governments and laws. Even the greatest detective finds deduction strained by secrecy without a single mastermind. 
Deep State is a chilling reflection on modern power, where truth exists—but is carefully concealed. 
 
 
 
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.
Available since: 02/17/2026.
Print length: 21 pages.

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