'Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement'. Whilst the seamy streets of London drown in a sea of smog,Sherlock Holmes sinks into a cocaine-induced melancholy,until Miss Mary Morstan presents him with a most intriguing case.A terrible death,an unknown benefactor,stolen treasure,and a secret pact between criminals stretching back to a mutiny-torn India,lead Holmes into an epic pursuit of the truth...
Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupISBN: 9780755334490Number of pages: 160Weight: 120 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 12 mm
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He is unique in simultaneously bringing down the curtain on an era and raising one on another,ushering in a genre of writing that... has never been surpassed. His own life,as footballer... eye surgeon,champion of injustice and investigator into the paranormal,is the stuff of legend. Personally,I would walk a mile in tight boots to read his letters to the milkman
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