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Sinopse

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, &ldquo,You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive,&rdquo, the world&rsquo,s ï¬ürst consulting detective had already taken on and solved many bafï¬éing cases. This book relates ï¬üve 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.ááá The Tarleton Murders : A horriï¬üc mass murder strikes Sherlock Holmes to the depths of his soul. ááá The Case of Vamberry, the Wine Merchant : takes Holmes to Paris, where he uncovers a dastardly scheme which involves the Elysée Palace itself. ááá The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch : where Sherlock Holmes assists a &ldquo,dismasted&rdquo, former sailor and an entrepreneurial industrialist. ááá The Case of the Abominable Wife : which brings Holmes face to face with the handiwork of a criminal gang. ááá 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?