Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a great student of the history of crime, for he knew that there was nothing new under the sun. The lessons of the past shine brightly in these chronicles of some of Holmes’s most singular and terrible cases, all of which Dr Watson was forbidden from releasing during their lifetime. Within are four recently unearthed cases in which Holmes encounters individuals whose misdeeds either seem to resonate back from the distant past or into the future itself. Dr John H. Watson relates all four adventures in the finest tradition and spirit of such classics as ‘The Adventure of Silver Blaze’ and ‘The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.’ THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIGNED REMAINS September 1894. Sherlock Holmes has often served as the final hope to those thought to be guilty by the arm of the law. A plea reaches Holmes’s ear imploring him to investigate a two-year-old murder of a gipsy-woman, for some believe that a terrible miscarriage of justice has occurred and that the wrong man is imprisoned, despite his initials being etched upon the murder weapon. This case will take Holmes back to Dartmoor, where old friends and new enemies await. In the end, can Holmes reveal the truth and serve as the court of last resort? THE ADVENTURE OF THE SENSATIONAL STRATAGEM November 1897. A desperate young woman declares that her lover is innocent of the terrible murder of her uncle, who was sternly opposed to their romance. Lord Henry FitzAlan was shot through a second story window, and all evidence point straight to the jailed man. Only Sherlock Holmes senses that there may be more to the tale. But will he unearth sufficient clues to sway the minds of the jurymen, or will he have no recourse beyond a desperate tactic to finally reveal the truth? At long last, the release of the adventure that Watson’s first literary agent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, was barred by Holmes from releasing to the general public. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EPIC WRATH October 1902. It was said that only Sherlock Holmes could see hints of a crime in the most banal of accidents. When a professor at the British Museum is killed by a freak hailstone, Scotland Yard is inclined to dismiss it as simply an act of God. But Holmes believes that something far more devious is at work, and sets out to prove that Professor Mitchell was foully murdered. Little does he suspect that this investigation will prompt a most violent reaction, and Holmes finds that this case will threaten the very life of his great friend – Dr John H. Watson. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FIVE DEATHS December 1902. Sherlock Holmes has seen some peculiar things in his long career, from a court filled with red-headed men, to a glowing hound, to a Napoleon-hating iconoclast. But never has he seen one man killed in five different ways – by being beaten, stabbed, shot, hung, and thrown from a high place. What was it about Mr. Selim Kashgar that inspired such an appalling death? And will Holmes find the one responsible before the terrible Sultan of the Ottoman Empire grows displeased?
