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Mycroft Holmes’s encoded message to his brother, Sherlock, is unsubtle enough even for Dr. Watson to decipher: a matter concerning the safety of Queen Victoria herself calls them to Edinburgh’s Holyrood House to investigate the confounding and gruesome deaths of two young men—horrific... read more

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The published compendium of the many adventures that I undertook in the company of Mr. Sherlock Holmes contains only a few examples of those occasions on which we entered a variety of service that no loyal subject of this realm may refuse.

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  1. Caleb Carr (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 10 April 2005
ISBN: 0786715480
Page Count: 256

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  • Library of Congress: PS3553.A76277 I86 2005
  • Dewey: 813.54

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