Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes: Volume III

Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes: Volume III

James Innes Watson, the great-great-grandson of Dr. John H. Watson, has inherited all the manuscripts of his forebear. These include stories that, for whatever reason, Watson never came to publish. In this collection, â€œThe Case of Ailsa Craig,â€ Holmes is summoned by an old university friend to a bleak island off the coast of Scotland. A lighthouse keeper has disappeared in apparent supernatural circumstances. â€œThe Amateur Cracksman,â€ Scotland Yard approaches Holmes regarding a high society cracksman. It is only when Mycroft Holmes enters the investigation with a robbery of radio inventor Marconi that the case is solved. â€œSherlock Holmes in Cumbria,â€ Holmes and Watson travel to the English Lake District to solve a murder case on the mountains. A second murder on the peak of one of Englandâ€™s highest mountains, and then a theft from a family from Holmesâ€™s past make up this north-country case.