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For the villagers of Brimberley, the worst thing looming on the horizon is the chance of being outshone by the rival village choir of Bramshott — that is, until Brimberley’s lead tenor is blown up in his home by an explosion that rocks the whole community. While the police muster their forces, the motorcycling choir leader Liz enlists her ex-commando son and a retired general to help investigate the shocking murder.

Enough time has passed. Dr. John Watson can finally reopen his tin box of chronicles. In this astonishing collection, a treasure trove of new accounts of Sherlock Holmes’s extraordinary skills finally comes to light. What is the connection between murderous attacks on a colonel’s wife and the legend of King Arthur? Why is a disgraced former ship captain stalking his neighbor? Who stole the statue of The Dying Gaul from a completely secure museum in Rome? Find the answers to these confounding mysteries and more in seven exhilarating new short stories.

Paul Temple bleibt nur eine kurze Woche, um den jungen Howard Gilbert vor der Hinrichtung zu retten...

Flambeau, der meistgesuchte Verbrecher Frankreichs, soll auf den Weg nach London sein; angelockt von dem blauen Karfunkel, den der Chef der Pariser Polizei, Valentine, mit Absicht schlecht gesichert ausstellen lassen will. Schon bei der Überfahrt von Paris nach London ereignen sich merkwürdige Ereignisse. Nicht nur, dass ein immer plappernder und seine Vorhaben laut ausplappernder Pater mit an Bord ist, auch scheint es, als würde Valentine beobachtet.