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The masterful stories in this collection relate Holmes and Watson's involvement with the case of an eminent physiologist inexplicably savaged by his faithful wolfhound, of the priceless stolen Crown diamond found in the pocket of a peer, and of the mysterious figure who means to buy Mrs Maberley's house and all of its contents, whatever the cost, while Holmes himself tells the story of a Boer war hero set to inherit a fortune who mysteriously disappears from the family seat. I. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client, 1924 II. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, 1926 III. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone, 1921 IV. The Adventure of the Three Gables, 1926 V. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, 1924 VI. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, 1924 VII. The Problem of Thor Bridge, 1922 VIII. The Adventure of The Creeping Man, 1923 IX. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane, …
The masterful stories in this collection relate Holmes and Watson's involvement with the case of an eminent physiologist inexplicably savaged by his faithful wolfhound, of the priceless stolen Crown diamond found in the pocket of a peer, and of the mysterious figure who means to buy Mrs Maberley's house and all of its contents, whatever the cost, while Holmes himself tells the story of a Boer war hero set to inherit a fortune who mysteriously disappears from the family seat. I. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client, 1924 II. The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, 1926 III. The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone, 1921 IV. The Adventure of the Three Gables, 1926 V. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, 1924 VI. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, 1924 VII. The Problem of Thor Bridge, 1922 VIII. The Adventure of The Creeping Man, 1923 IX. The Adventure of the Lion's Mane, 1926 X. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger, 1927 XI. The Adventure of the Shoscombe Old Place, 1927 XII. The Adventure of the Retired Colourman, 1926