2020
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259
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Return to the grandeur of the Victorian age in the company of Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H Watson. Holmes was often reluctant to allow Watson to chronicle publically some of his most sensitive cases. In such circumstances, Dr Watson’s first literary editor was occasionally permitted to publish the events as fictions with all mention of Holmes involvement removed. Within are four recently unearthed cases that reveal the secret sorrows behind some of those tales. Dr Watson relates all four adventures in the finest tradition and spirit of such classics as ‘The Boscombe Valley Mystery’ and ‘The Problem of Thor Bridge.’ THE ADVENTURE OF THE TRAGIC ACT. August 1881. An actor named Henry Latour has died while rehearsing the lead role in the cursed Scottish Play. Where Inspector Lestrade merely sees a tragic accident, Sherlock Holmes suspects a more sinister act. Learning that Latour had been previously involved in the unfortunate on-stage death of a fellow actor in Paris, Holmes and Watson race to prevent another yet tragedy from playing itself out. THE PROBLEM OF THE BLACK EYE. June 1895. Dr Aloysius Lana, doctor of Bishop’s Crossing, has been murdered in his home. Inspector Lestrade has arrested Mr. Arthur Morton, brother of Dr Lana’s former fiancée for the crime. All evidence is against Morton. However, one lone item – a green eye-patch – cannot be explained. Upon such a slim clue rests the thread that Sherlock Holmes will utilize to unravel the entire scene, and bring light to what really transpired that night. THE MANNERING TOWERS MYSTERY. October 1897. A solicitor comes to Baker Street with a troubling story of a man he believes was falsely convicted of murder. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson must travel to Wiltshire to investigate these claims. Did a passing tramp kill Lord Mannering during a bungled robbery? Or did Lady Mannering murder her husband and pass the blame? As the body count piles up, will Holmes finally see justice served? THE ADVENTURE OF THE TWELFTH HOUR. September 1907. Sherlock Holmes is content in his retirement upon the South Downs. But when a man dies under mysterious circumstances at a nearby inn, the visiting Dr Watson induces his friend to look into the matter. Holmes finds a curious cast of visitors, and begins to suspect that there is a common link to the Far East. However, it is only when he locates the secret journal of the dead man that Holmes begins to understand how an old tragedy can ripple out to the present. Fully annotated, this edition contains a cornucopia of scholarly insights which compare these newly unearthed tales by Dr John H. Watson to the classic adventures from the Canon of Sherlock Holmes.
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