Do Spirits Return? Sherlock Holmes, Mary Watson, and Harry Houdini say ‘No’ and prove it.

London 1895. A well known author, a theoretical invention made real, and the importance of a sometimes overlooked clue challenge Holmes and Watson to prevent the perfect crime.

It is the start of the First World War. Sherlock Holmes is coaxed out of a short lived retirement to track down an exotic dancer to retrieve a dangerous secret accidentally given to her by a young patent clerk before it falls into the hands of a hostile government. As much a detective story as a brief history of the causes, reasons and the long term futility of a long forgotten war.

If the death of Doctor Watson had been of natural causes, his widow Mrs. Mary N. Watson would have grieved the loss of her husband for a time then moved on with her life.However on re-discovering his certificate of death she is again is faced with the troubling fact that the cause of his passing had been recorded as being of an indeterminate origin.With this Mary Watson again takes up the role of consulting detective and sets to find out ‘who and why’.

Gravesend 1920. A famous mystery writer, while searching through the remains of a damaged church looking for story ideas, happens upon a document that was never meant to be found or read. Any knowledge of its contents could change the terms of the treaty that ended the First World War. There is also a change in the hand that writes and records the cases of Sherlock Holmes.

The year is 1898. Doctor Watson is once more in Lyme Regis to visit the lady in his life, Mrs Beatrice Heidler. A gruesome death with echoes of one of Sherlock Holmes previous cases brings Holmes himself down to Dorset. In the company of an old friend, they encounter an old enemy with vengeance on his mind. A tale of revenge, violent deaths and plum puddings.

What’s in the Book:It’s Sherlock Holmes like you’ve never seen him before. Between the classic Sherlock sleuth skills and the twist of time travel, Sherlock Holmes 2012 is a mystery that will have you turning the pages for more.Delve into the pages that find a woman even smarter than Sherlock. He has solved the crimes of Britain but you will be amazed as he outwits terrorist and murderous foes on two continents and around the globe. Watch as the mind of Sherl...

The receipt of a letter from the Italian ambassador finds Holmes, Watson and Mycroft together for a crucial meeting at the embassy. An important member of the Italian Royal family, known for flirting with danger in the anarchists clubs of London is in town. Holmes and Watson are retained to try to keep this Royal alive and a bomb plot tests Holmes ingenuity during a royal visit to Greenwich Observatory.The stakes are raised when the ambassador invites Holmes and Watson to a Venetia...

A mysterious veiled lady carries a counterfeit painting into an art dealer's office.A widow with three hands slips out of a church door.A farmer lies dead in a barn, his son accused of his murder.A skeleton with a silver locket is unearthed in a back garden.What do they have in common?The famous resident of 221b Baker Street.From the gas-lit clamour of London's streets, to the isolated Welsh countryside, the great detective Sherlock Holmes, accompa...

The year is 1896. Doctor Watson is invited to the Dorsetshire coast by an old friend. To Watson's surprise he manages to persuade his good friend, Mr Sherlock Holmes to accompany him. This hitherto unknown tale of Watson's involves romancing, dancing, occasional glasses of cider, but the holiday turns into a nightmare as the two old friends encounter an unimaginable evil which threatens their very souls. Can they triumph?

All four stories relating the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in the County of Hampshire are here presented in one volume.In these stories the great detective and his friend save Her Majesty Queen Victoria from an attack on her person, and thwart the scheme of the evil Lascar, Ravendra, to lay a curse on the Royal Navy. They go on to assist a prominent citizen of Portsmouth, who is in an embarassing situation, provide help to a Justice of the Peace and the Revenue Depart...

Holmes and Watson are retained by the Duke of Salcombe after the death of his father. A letter kept secret for many years holds a clue to a great treasure with a terrible past. They must seek out a military link to the late Duke and the events that lead to the discovery and then disappearance of the 'Star of Bithur'.Treachery in India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the disappearance of the gem are closely linked. An attempted burglary to steal a family painting at Salcombe Gr...