Historical Mystery Private Detective

Am zweiten Weihnachtstag 1887 liegt in einem Hauseingang in Whitechapel / London ein erstes Opfer jenes Mörders, der später einmal "Jack the Ripper" genannt werden wird: "Fairy Fay". Sie ist das "Schlüsselopfer" - das die verheerendste Mordserie der Geschichte auslösen wird. Kein Geringerer als der berühmte Detektiv Sherlock Holmes nimmt auf Bitten von Scotland Yard die Spur auf. Und findet erste Hinweise auf einen bisher unbekannten (aber verdammt realen) Symbol-Kosmos, der diesen primären Ripper-Mord mit allen folgenden verbinden wird.

Встановлення особи — одне з 56 оповідань про Шерлока Холмса, написаних сером Артуром Конан Дойлем і третя розповідь у збірці "Пригоди Шерлока Холмса". До Шерлока Холмса звертається жінка на ім'я Мері Сазерленд. Причина її візиту — зникнення нареченого. Холмс береться за цю справу, відзначаючи, що вона проста для нього, у той час як Ватсон бачить нерозрішиму загадку.

Інженерів палець — твір із серії "Пригоди Шерлока Холмса" Артура Конана Дойля. Історія, події якої відбуваються в 1889 році, розповідає дивну історію молодого консультанта з Лондона, інженер-гідротехніка, пана Віктора Хатерлі. До Хатерлі прийшов чоловік, який назвався Лісандром Старком. Він запропонував Хатерлі діло в заміському будинку — за вочевидь велику суму 50 гіней налаштувати загадковий гідравлічний прес.

Jonas Watcher had no memory of how he got there. As he started climbing up the ladder to the wharf, he found he was tangled in some sort of net. Suddenly a large heavy object dropped onto him and he fell into the bay still snared by the net, which had also captured the object. Luckily, the weight of the object had tightened the net, so he was able to pull himself out of the water and climb up to the wharf.

With her husband, Emrys, still missing in action, Ann Morgan faces the prospect of spending her first wedding anniversary, and Christmas, alone. However, a phone call from Alistair Blythe, a young man she briefly walked out with before her marriage to Emrys, sets Ann on a trail that leads to murder, encounters with black market spivs, and threats to her life. With assistance from spymaster Charles Montagu and Detective Inspector Max Deveraux, Ann uncovers a major secret of the war. And, with the snow falling at Christmas, she receives a present she will never forget.

THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE BELT BUCKLE: AN AMERICAN ARTIST WAS MURDERED AND THE CROWN JEWELS MAY BE AT RISK. A young street urchin, one of the Baker Street Irregulars, discovers a man's belt and buckle under a bush in Hyde Park. He brings it to Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a reward. The buckle is unique and stunning, gleaming turquoise stones set in exquisitely carved silver; a masterpiece from the native American west. A body of an American Indian is found in a hotel room in Mayfair. Scotland Yard seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes in solving the murder.

THE MAN WHO WAS TWISTED BUT HIP. It is 1897 and France is torn apart by The Dreyfus Affair, a disgraceful episode of anti-Semitism that plagued France for a decade and brought out the worst of behavior in far too many French men and women. Westminster needs help from Sherlock Holmes to make sure that the evil tide of anti-Semitism that has engulfed France will not spread. While spending an uneventful morning searching for his nephew, Dr. Watson finds Sherlock Holmes and together they watch as a man is murdered, a direct consequence of the anti-Semitic conflict that is raging just across the Channel.

A dark, smog-filled London doesn’t seem very Christmassy, or exciting, but then Posie Parker, London’s premier female Private Detective, receives an urgent call from one of her oldest friends; Rufus, Earl of Cardigeon. Summoned to ‘The Mermaid’, a reputedly haunted hotel in Rye, on the Sussex Coast, in the heart of smuggling country, Posie, together with her husband, Richard, finds her old friend in a real state.