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Jonas Shenk has died. His brother has kept his corpse in the basement of Grim House, but the police have finally found it out. For the sake of public health the body must be declared dead and removed. Dr. Watson's thoughts were on holiday carolling and celebrations of the year drawing to its end, but the Yard's job-offer is a welcome bit of income. Before long it becomes clear that there is something very, very wrong with Grim House, and it will take...
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Why would a wealthy noble murder a man too poor to own stockings? Inspectors Gregson and Lestrade could explain, but Gregson is suddenly in the custody of the Foreign Office, and Lestrade has vanished. The only clues Sherlock Holmes can use are in the dead man's rags...or a strange archaeological relic involving all three men: A half-melted Celtic wolf found in the bottom of a Roman Well.
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Stapleton may be dead, but the West Country still feels the effects of his crimes. Sir Henry Baskerville has asked Sherlock Holmes and Mr. Lestrade to resolve a peculiar little problem: one of Stapleton's victims has died and her heirs have a very different idea of how to plead damages. The question begs: what is Abraham Quantock's real motive for demanding the deed to Merripit House? And why are the gossipy villagers suddenly silent? The only ones...
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Superstition and Science have always been at odds, but this time Sherlock Holmes is challenged to disprove a case that was solved years ago by 'supernatural means'. If he wins, the Yard wins a blow against a damaging element of thought within their ranks. If he loses, everyone suffers, for a powerful administrator believes a little too much in matters beyond the veil...
He is presented the facts as they were written before the audience, but he may...
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