In Sherlock Holmes's London, reputations are fragile & scandal can be ruinous. In order to protect the names of the good (and not-so-good), Dr Watson comes to the decision that his accounts of some of his friend's most brilliant cases must never see the light of day. & so he conceals the manuscripts in an old despatch box, deep in the vaults of a Charing Cross bank.. . Now, outlasting the memories of those they could have harmed, these mysteries finally come to light. An aluminium crutch betrays the criminal who relies upon it for support.. . An Italian Cardinal lies dead in a muddy yard in Spitalfields.. . What do a pair of suspiciously successful gamblers have in common with the Transylvanian mind-reader, Count Rakoczi? & can Holmes & Watson outwit the jewel thief who has the nerve to steal from the King of Scandinavia? The size of this book is 19.6cm in height & 12.8cm wide with 282 pages.