
The
One True Detective
114 Pages PDF
Ronald Carpenter
$5.95
In his lifetime Dr. Watson published memoirs of his illustrious
friend, and surviving him a valise stuffed with bundles of yellowed
paper reveals the depth of this perpetual commitment. In ragged
manuscripts and marginal notes are told further tales of their
remarkable time together, and through them we may again play audience
to Watson the faithful chronicler. Perhaps more importantly, we
might once again experience the art and science of detection as
orchestrated by its greatest practitioner, the one and only man
who rightfully bears the title of "The Great Detective".
"From the day of our birth till we leave mortality behind
us the hand of fate is weaving unseen threads into the pattern of
our lives, binding together events in such a way that an episode
in one life may unexpectedly influence the next. For most these
tenuous links are of no more consequence than a chance meeting -
but for one such as Sherlock Holmes, whose skein is
wound tightly with the threads of so many remarkable events and
people, every day brings with it the chance some invisible strand
will pull him into the heart of a surprising criminal affair."
Here then are;
The Case of the Too Obvious Clues: —
It's true dear readers, Holmes has quite disappeared, and Dr. Watson
himself must join the hunt. The trail winds through a hole in the
roof, Scotland Yard's official archives, and down a dusty country
road to the very rim of that metropolis the Great Detective calls
home. The only question is how the tiny box upon their mantle points
the way in this twisted tale. —
The Case of the Imitation Thief: — Here at
last is presented the case of a man, diabolically insane or ingeniously
cunning, who for whatever reason steals only imitation jewels. He
seems to risk much for so little. A student of gemology may decipher
the clues on this mad trek through bedlam, but for one surprising
moment even Holmes is found "ignorant" by definition.
—
and A Case of Reflection: — Come hear the remarkable tale of a killing
with three solutions, and a criminal pair both deadly and innocent
in nature. Holmes' prey taunts him from every direction, even his
beloved agony columns. The reader will discover at last what tests
the limits of a patient man like Watson and just how unladylike
Sherlock Holmes can be after dark. —
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