The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

£14.99

• ISBN: 9781912464524
• By: Arthur Conan Doyle
• Format: Hardback with dust jacket
• Publication Date: 21/10/2021
• Publisher: Baker Street Press
• Imprint: Baker Street Classics
• Series: Baker Street Classics Sherlock Holmes
• Pages: 368
• Size: 130 x 198mm

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Description

‘The unfortunate young man was found lying near the table. His head had been horribly mutilated by an expanding revolver bullet, but no weapon of any sort was to be found in the room’

When Lady Maynooth finds her son, the Honourable Ronald Adair, dead in his bedroom, his door has been locked from the inside, and it is clear that no one could have entered or left via the window. Cases involving the upper echelons of Victorian society are nothing new for Holmes and his colleague Dr Watson: the thirteen stories in this collection include the abduction of the son of the Duke of Holdernesse and the dilemma of an aristocratic débutante who wishes to retrieve a compromising letter before it reaches her noble fiancé. As usual, the surreal is never far from Holmes’s orbit, as in the bizarre case of the thief who steals plaster casts of the Emperor Napoleon—only to smash them to pieces.

Whilst the official police have no option but to prosecute crime, Holmes and Watson are able to exercise discretion when they see fit. In this collection there are several examples of such compassion, where the two friends show the humanity and kindness which help endear them to the reader.

The Baker Street Classics Sherlock Holmes collection is a retro-inspired full set of Arthur Conan Doyle’s wonderful tales of the inimitable ‘consulting detective’ at work. Featuring original cover illustrations from editions of the 1920s, this collection will adorn any book-lover’s shelf and transport the reader back in time to Holmes’s bustling Victorian London, the misty moors of Dartmoor, the dizzying heights of Reichenbach and the cosy living room of 221B Baker Street.