Because Sherlock Holmes needs a story to tell, Watson agrees to write his biography. As he delves into the man's past, however, he discovers the truth about a much darker secret. And when Holmes falls ill, Watson has to track down this other Moriarty to learn the true story of Sherlock's past, present, and future.
This is the audiobook that inspired the Rankin/Bass Christmas special. When the agent assigned to the project died, the heirs of his deceased daughter attempted to sue. Before the case could go to court, Holmes and Watson reluctantly found themselves defending the daughter's estate. Of course, they were quite unprepared for the legal battles they faced. As Watson was writing his book about his friend, he was also keeping a diary, and in the process he unwittingly exposed a vast criminal conspiracy involving the fortune of someone else who has a vendetta against the Holmes and Watson partnership. It's a good thing he was there to protect the reputation of the world's greatest detective.
In the third year of his partnership with the world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson decides it's time to make his famous chronicler of crime, criminals, and detectives a little more famous. But Watson finds it difficult to juggle his dual careers, not to mention his flirtation with a new young woman. So when an old case of Sherlock's arrives on his doorstep, Watson finds himself back in the detective's good graces. And thus begins a new partnership.
In an edition of "Marriage in the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle," an exposé of the author's personal life, George Weissman reveals the secret relationship that changed the course of Doyle's writing career. Weissman shows how Doyle felt compelled to conceal his affair with a married woman in order to protect her reputation. He reveals the devastating effect that this clandestine love had on Doyle's career and his life.
In a classic Victorian London, the most famous consulting detective in history takes a case: to solve a child's murder before her fifteenth birthday, he must confront a powerful and unscrupulous criminal mind. The first half of the story is a chase across London and the English countryside with Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard in hot pursuit. But in the second half, Holmes and Watson continue their investigation into the case, bringing them to a sinister house deep in the countryside.
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