Publisher's Synopsis
"Doctor Watson's Trunk" provides the answer to one of the main concerns of Holmesians - "Why is there no mention anywhere of any involvement of Sherlock Holmes in the Ripper murders?" Watson explains in "The Scottish Heir," why that situation arose. The good doctor also tells us the "Final Problem" was a cover for a secret mission to Europe by Holmes. Actually, both Holmes and Professor Moriarty were alive to continue their battles. The kidnapping of a Lady endangers an English/European alliance in "The Abduction of Lady X," and Holmes gets a hint of a criminal mind behind the plot. "Seaside Murders" confronts Holmes and Watson with a deadly method of murder and a further clue to the clever criminal schemes of "The Professor" As Holmes goes after this mastermind, Watson falls into a trap, Colonel Sebastian Moran is exposed as the accountant in the criminal gang, and Holmes meets Moriarty in the final, deadly confrontation. As the Moriarty criminal conspiracy comes apart due to Holmes pursuit and Colonel Moran is the victim of a Holmes trap, only one gang member has escaped; the gunman, Pigot. Holmes and Watson pursue the dangerous crook, ending in a gun battle. Learn some Cockney rhyming slang as Wiggins and the Baker Street Irregulars make an appearance to help Holmes and Watson stop a vicious extortion scheme preying on innocent shopkeepers in "A Case of Intimidation." Holmes writes two new monographs which are key to the cases he takes on and continues his research into a more reliable blood test as he awaits more cases.
