Irregular Lives: The Untold Story of Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars

<p>Sherlock Holmes&rsquo;s relationship with the band of street Arabs known at the Baker Street Irregulars has largely been untold . . . until now. Holmes sometimes relied upon a gang of adolescent boys and girls who he recruited from the slums of London. Indeed some of Sherlock Holmes&rsquo;s most bizarre cases involved the irregulars: a hideous execution of a man who had been strapped to the barrel of cannon a fiend who hoped he could live forever on the blood of others and the largest jewel robbery in Britain. <em>Irregular Lives</em> begins in post WWI London when Holmes visits a mysterious photography exhibit that has him recall adventures with Wiggins Ugly Kate and other members of his urban army. But his reminiscences are merely a prelude to a thrilling adventure that begins when a jolly reunion with the irregulars abruptly erupts in a terrible tragedy. If you were ever curious about how Holmes shaped and changed the lives of the irregulars and how they transformed his life . . . then this is the book for you.</p>