Detective Collection

Dirty Laundry in Paradise. For a moment, my estimation of the good Mr. Brae had increased somewhat, as I gathered he didn’t want one of his servants taking the blame for a deed the poor soul hadn’t perpetrated. I glanced at Holmes to determine his take on the situation, but I wasn’t surprised that he had taken little notice of Mr. Brae. “Would you pass the milk, Watson?” Ignoring the man completely as one could ignore a bumbling buffoon, as Holmes had dubbed him after our previous encounter. Dutifully, I passed him the cream which he slowly poured into his tea.

Three compelling Sherlock Holmes mysteries in one book, including "The Game of Cat and Mouse": "The interior was dark, and neither of us searched for a lamp or switch. There came a ticking of some clock or another. And the sound of a dripping faucet somewhere in the house was like a hammer to an anvil. Our breaths were loud, but my heart sounded louder to me...."

La grippe P4n8 est finalement beaucoup plus virulente que toutes celles que l'humanité a connues jusqu'à maintenant. Et les alertes répétées à la pandémie depuis la H1N1 ont fortement entamé nos défenses et notre pharmacopée. Tout ceci est inquiétant... pour tout le monde.

How do you make a government change its mind? And how do you recover your financial equilibrium after a bereavement? And, come to that, how do you recover your financial equilibrium after you return from the apparent dead when you have asked for no mention of your return be made in the press and so no one knows that your detective agency is back in business?

Holmes es contratado por Lady Eva Blackwell para recuperar unas cartas comprometedoras de un chantajista: Charles Augustus Milverton, una persona que provoca más repulsión a Holmes que cualquiera de los asesinos de su larga carrera.... Holmes decide que recuperará las cartas de una forma u otra.