The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 4

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal detective returns for ten puzzling cases ranging from his earliest career to his final bows. "The Adventure of the Improbable American" tells of Sherlock's first U.S. friend, while "The Adventure of the Christmas Lesson" recounts Holmes's and Watson's first Christmas together. Other cases depict the Great Detective endeavoring to untangle the struggle between mudlarks over a diamond ring of great value, and then unraveling the mystery of a nobleman found seated before his own fireplace--without his head! The early 20th century finds Dr. Watson reuniting with the orderly who saved his life in Afghanistan, concluding with "The Disquieting Adventure of the Murmuring Dell," reuniting Holmes with Algernon Blackwood's enigmatic Dr. John Silence. CONTENTS: Introduction The Adventure of the Improbable American The Misadventure of the Ring of Regret The Adventure of the Christmas Lesson The Improbable Misadventure of the Blackish Bottle The Conundrum of the Absent Cranium The Adventure of the Doss-House Ramble The Second Adventure of the Five Orange Pips The Difficult Ordeal of the Paradol Chamber The Impossibility of the Premature Postmortem Message The Disquieting Adventure of the Murmuring Dell