The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
Edition: Large print edition
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9781444808247
Description: These stories include The Adventures of the Illustrious Client: a young lady appears to be in danger when Holmes is handed a note from Sir James Damery informing him that Baron Gruner is engaged to be married - and Holmes suspects that Gruner murdered his last wife... Then we find that Holmes has retired to the Sussex Downs, in The Adventure of the Lion's Mane. Out walking, he spots Fitzroy McPherson, a keen athlete, who staggers into view and collapses. His last words are 'the lion's mane', and his back bears the marks of someone who has been flogged...-Back cover.