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The Blue Carbuncle (The Best of Sherlock Holmes)
The Blue Carbuncle - The Best of Sherlock Holmes Author:Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle Holmes and Watson are on the trail again! In The Blue Carbuncle, a priceless and unique gem has been stolen. Holmes unexpectedly discovers it lodged in the crop of a Christmas goose! But the mystery of how the stone got there is deeper still. Holmes traces an obscure trail of clues, and eventually bypasses the police to mete out his own ... more » measure of justice for the crime. In The Noble Bachelor, Lord St. Simon's wife vanishes the morning they marry! Holmes is called upon to ponder a trail that goes from California to London, and is full of red herrings, as he unravels a puzzle that has Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard baffled. In The Copper Beeches, Holmes is retained by a governess who works at a very strange house-so strange that Holmes tells her to summon him at any sign of danger. She does, and Holmes discovers a brutal infant, a secret wing where a woman is held prisoner, and a yard guarded by a hideous and enormous bull mastiff. Vintage Holmes.« less