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Sherlock Holmes and the Rule of Nine (Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) (Large Print)
Sherlock Holmes and the Rule of Nine - Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Large Print Author:Barrie Roberts Holmes's failure to bring the vicious thieves of the valuable Vatican cameos to justice rears its head seven years later, when the prime suspect, Cardinal Tosca, a prominent member of the Catholic Church, returns to England. Meanwhile, Holmes's probe into a protection racket victimizing small businesses leads him to a Mafia-like secret s... more »ociety known as the Rule of Nine.
Predictably, the two cases quickly become one, and a real-life Italian-American undercover detective joins the campaign, posing as an organ grinder to infiltrate the gang. The search for the stolen cameos is sidetracked by a murder investigation in which the master detective typically disagrees with the theories of Scotland Yard.« less