How many writers would have the chutzpah to risk tarnishing the mystique of their signature creation by depicting him shooting cocaine as a cure for boredom? Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantelpiece and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case. You have to love the daring Sir Arthur displayed in this novel vis-à-vis his iconic detective.
Tsk, Tsk, Tsk.apparently that’s NOT tobacco Sherlock Holmes is smoking. And in the ensuing investigation - which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair - even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!' Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before.
Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a l As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street.
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