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Secret documents belonging to Dr John Watson have remained undisclosed in a safe at his bank in Charing Cross for years until now. These are cases of trickery and the uncanny: from the mysterious disappearance of Sir Ainsworth’s daughter, along with her horse and groom, to the theft of the Pope’s treasured cameos from outside the British Museum, to the repulsive story of the red leech and the terrible death of a banker – can Sherlock Holmes and his trusty side-kick Dr Watson unravel them all?

Holmes and Watson must follow bicycle tracks and trails of chalk arrows, head to the Tower of London, and masterfully adopt a disguise as the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. This is June Thomson at her most brilliant as she continues the journey of Conan Doyle’s infamous tales of detection by the famous resident of 221B Baker Street.