Sherlock Holmes had never met a writer who had ridiculed him as bitterly as Samuel L. Clemens had. For that matter, Holmes had never met a writer who fancied himself a detective. Yet Sam Clemens not only unraveled Holmes investigation into the murder of the hot-blooded woman on Thor Bridge, but also, while writing as Mark Twain, belittled Holmes highly-touted detecting skills. In this recently discovered narrative, Doctor Watson sets the record straight. He reveals other crimes related to the original murder while relating what prompted Clemens in a 1902 short story to deride the famous...
Sherlock Holmes had never met a writer who had ridiculed him as bitterly as Samuel L. Clemens had. For that matter, Holmes had never met a writer who ...
A young inventor-the man whose name appears in the title of Dr. Watson's narrative, "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"-lies dead on the floor of an old house, two bullet holes in his back.
A young inventor-the man whose name appears in the title of Dr. Watson's narrative, "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans"-lies dead on the flo...