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    The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
    The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
    The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
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    The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place

    By Arthur Conan Doyle

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    "The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the very last Sherlock Holmes story. This ultimate investigation takes him to Berkshire, to a racing stable called Shoscombe Old Place. It's the head trainer, John Mason, who has asked for Holmes' help, although he is not sure exactly what he wants him to investigate. All he knows is that strange things have been happening. The owner of the stables, Lady Beatrice Falder, has suddenly stopped coming to greet her favourite horse. Sir Robert, her brother, has been looking very strange of late. Furthermore, he has given his sister's dog away and has been seen at night meeting an unknown man in the old crypt. And human bones have been found in the furnace. This is enough to spark Holmes curiosity and he takes on the case."The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is part of "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes".-
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSAGA Egmont
    Release dateSep 28, 2020
    ISBN9788726586688
    The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
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    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most famous for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes and long-suffering sidekick Dr Watson. Conan Doyle was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.

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      The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place - Arthur Conan Doyle

      Arthur Conan Doyle

      The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place

      SAGA Egmont

      The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place

      The characters and use of language in the work do not express the views of the publisher. The work is published as a historical document that describes its contemporary human perception.

      Copyright © 1927, 2020 Arthur Conan Doyle and SAGA Egmont

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      ISBN: 9788726586688

      1. e-book edition, 2020

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      SHERLOCK HOLMES had been bending for a long time over a low-power microscope. Now he straightened himself up and looked round at me in triumph.

      It is glue, Watson, said he. Unquestionably it is glue. Have a look at these scattered objects in the field!

      I stooped to the eyepiece and focussed for my vision.

      Those hairs are threads from a tweed coat. The irregular grey masses are dust. There are epithelial scales on the left. Those brown blobs in the centre are undoubtedly glue.

      Well, I said, laughing, I am prepared to take your word for it. Does anything depend upon it?

      It is a very fine demonstration, he answered. In the St. Pancras case you may remember that a cap was found beside the dead policeman. The accused man denies that it is his. But he is a picture-frame maker who habitually handles glue.

      Is it one of your cases?

      "No; my friend, Merivale, of the Yard, asked me to look into the case. Since I ran down that coiner by the zinc and copper filings in the seam of his cuff they

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