The Secret Journals of Sherlock Holmes

Book excerpt: A further seven tales have been rescued from the battered tin dispatch box which came into the possession of the famous Dr. Watson s namesake. They are: "The Case of the Millionaire s Persecution; The Case of the Colonel s Madness; The Case of the Addleton Tragedy; The Case of the Friesland Tragedy; The Case of the Shopkeeper s Terror; The Case of the Smith-Mortimer Succession; The Case of the Maupertuis Scandal."And in addition, the brilliantly conceived proposition, an hypothesis regarding the identity of the second Mrs Watson."