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Synopsis
"I am lost without my Boswell," declares Sherlock Holmes in "A Scandal in Bohemia". Indeed, the interplay between the solid ex-Army doctor, and the more mercurial purveyor of "ineffable twaddle" forms a large part of the appeal of the adventures which Watson caused to be published, and Watson himself, as well as acting as a publicist for Holmes' business, provides more solid assistance on many occasions.But... before John Watson had that fateful encounter with the eccentric beater of corpses at Barts, there was a consulting detective by the name of Sherlock Holmes, who had already built up a practice and a reputation that extended to Scotland Yard. However much he may have felt lost without his Boswell later in his career, Holmes was playing a solo game when he started out.We see a little of Holmes alone (apologies for the inevitable pun) in "The Case of the Gloria Scott" and "The Musgrave Ritual", and it is in Watson's account of this latter adventure that we hear of some other cases at a time when Holmes was presumably learning his trade.The written accounts of some of these were in the dispatch-box, bound together in an envelope, in Watson's writing. The envelope was inscribed "Before My Time", again in Watson's hand. The stories in here are all somewhat less interesting from the point of view of the interplay between Holmes and other characters, but they all shed a light on Holmes' methods of deduction as he learned his trade, and often also shed light on his character. As Holmes himself remarked, not all of these may be seen as successes, but none of the cases here may be regarded as a complete failure. Here they are - with five original illustrations by Andy Boerger.
- The Tarleton Murders
- The Case of Vamberry, the Wine Merchant
- The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch
- The Case of the Abominable Wife
- The Adventure of the Two Bottles
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From the Author
MY thanks go to all Sherlockians around the world, who encourage me in my writing, and provide a springboard for my imagination. Special thanks to those who have read and suggested improvements to these stories.Thanks to my friends around the world in every continent. Without you, a writer's life would be very lonely.Thanks to Andy for his wonderful imagination that expresses itself in his drawings.And as always, special thanks to Jo and the Beans for their continued belief in me, and their constant support and encouragement.
From the Back Cover
Sherlock Holmes is well known to us through the adventures he shared with John Watson and related by the good doctor. But even before that fateful meeting when Holmes observed to the man who was to become his closest friend, "You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive," the world's first consulting detective had already taken on and solved many baffling cases. This book relates five of these early adventures, all of which were tantalisingly mentioned by John Watson in his accounts of the adventures, but not expanded upon. Instead, they were hidden in the infamous dispatch-box, to be discovered and edited by Hugh Ashton over one hundred years later.
- The Tarleton Murders : A horrific mass murder strikes Sherlock Holmes to the depths of his soul.
- The Case of Vamberry the Wine Merchant : takes Holmes to Paris, where he uncovers a dastardly scheme which involves the Élysée Palace itself.
- The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch : where Sherlock Holmes assists a "dismasted" former sailor and an entrepreneurial industrialist.
- The Case of the Abominable Wife : which brings Holmes face to face with the handiwork of a criminal gang.
- The Adventure of the Two Bottles : Three little children appear to have met their deaths through poison. But who would want to kill them? And why?
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- PublisherLightning Source Inc
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0988667037
- ISBN 13 9780988667037
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages148
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