Book description
'There should be no combination of events for which the wit of man
cannot conceive an explanation.'
In this tale drawn from the note books of Dr Watson, the deadly hand
of Professor Moriarty once more reaches out to commit a vile and
ingenious crime. However, a mole in Moriarty's frightening criminal
organization alerts Sherlock Holmes of the evil deed by means of a
cipher.
When Holmes and Watson arrive at a Sussex manor house they appear to
be too late. The discovery of a body suggests that Moriarty's henchmen
have been at their work. But there is much more to this tale of murder
than at first meets the eye and Sherlock Holmes is determined to get
to the bottom of it.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) started to write as a doctor,
whilst waiting for patients to arrive. Sherlock Holmes first appeared in
A Study in Scarlet (1887). The Holmes stories soon attracted such a
following that Conan Doyle felt the character overshadowed his other
work. In The Final Problem (1893) Conan Doyle killed him off, but was
obliged by public demand to restore the detective to life.
