Three all-new Sherlock Holmes adventures: The Adventure of the Nebrodi Sapphire: Sherlock Holmes receives a coded message warning of a jewel robbery in Paris. By the time he and Watson arrive, the man charged with safeguarding the jewel is dead, presumably murdered, yet the Nebrodi Sapphire does not appear to have been stolen. Who is behind the death of the jewel's guardian? Was it the shadowy Habits Noirs? And what of the enigmatic Raoul d'Andresy who vehemently denies any involvement in the crime? The Adventure of the Bognor Prestidigitation Circle: A bright young neurologist disappeared...
Three all-new Sherlock Holmes adventures: The Adventure of the Nebrodi Sapphire: Sherlock Holmes receives a coded message warning of a jewel robbery i...
'The funniest book I have read for months ... a marvellous book' - "Sunday Express" 'A great comic novel.' - "The Evening News" 'Excellent.' - "Birmingham Post" 'Hilarious.' - "Sunday Times" 'Astonishingly funny.' - "Daily Sketch" The story of a young Jewish boy growing up in London on the eve of the Second World War, "The Aggravations of Minnie Ashe" is peopled with the zaniest cast of characters you're likely to find anywhere: Uncle Mendel, a 'business genius' whose get-rich-quick schemes (like selling Hebrew-Croat dictionaries) invariably fail; Iron Foot Yossel,...
'The funniest book I have read for months ... a marvellous book' - "Sunday Express" 'A great comic novel.' - "The Evening News" 'Excellent.'...