The Further Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes - Volume 1

<p>From the curious clauses in a miser’s will to a plea for help on a tiny scrap of paper these six cases from the early years of Holmes’s career in the 1880s present a singular collection of mysteries for the world’s first consulting detective to resolve.</p><p>What is the significance of the arrival in the post one morning of a cardboard packet of children’s bricks? Who is the man found dying in a deserted warehouse in London’s East End and what is he doing there? Why have the names of a couple of young honeymooners been removed from a hotel register? Sherlock Holmes must find the answers to these and many other puzzling questions if he is to bring these cases to a successful conclusion.</p><p>In this new collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories well-known author Denis O. Smith accurately recreates once more both the atmosphere and the excitement of Conan Doyle’s well-loved original Holmes tales.</p>