Description
‘Come at once if convenient – if inconvenient come all the same . . .’ The note from Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson cannot be ignored and soon the pair find themselves investigating the curious case of an aged professor whose sudden strange alteration in behaviour terrifies everyone from his daughter and her fiance to the family dog. This and eleven other cases which confound clients or perplex the police are tackled by Holmes and Watson in the final collection of the duo’s detecting adventures. ‘Time and time again generations have shown that they need Holmes’ Stephen Fry
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where hequalified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame,with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. Hewas also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used hisinvestigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.
