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Only Sherlock Holmes, Watson and a motley band of music hall artistes stand between England and invasion by a Foreign Power! The murder of a boy by village bullies leads to the uncovering of a dastardly plot against the Royal Navy.The strongman in a music hall act disappears with a lady of the chorus, leading to a murder investigation that uncovers a cunning scheme to undermine Britain's naval supremacy and leave her ships helpless in the face of her enemies. In the second of six stories told by Watson in the traditional style, with perhaps a wry twist, a safe is blown at a jeweller in the City of London. Suspicion immediately falls on a professional safecracker, but is all as it seems? Doctor Watson is forced to operate at gunpoint on a wounded thief while Holmes follows slender clues to rescue him. To what lengths will Holmes go to rescue his friend? A British officer is released from captivity by Burmese bandits and Holmes is called in to establish his bona fides. Is he who he purports to be, or an imposter coveting the family title and estates. Jabez Wilson's pawnbroker's shop, the scene of the Case of the Redheaded League, may be at the centre of another conspiracy. Holmes returns to Sax Coburg Square to unravel the mystery. Lastly, the misogynist composer of a popular jingle fears his work is being plagiarised, but is he the true author of the song? Sleuth with Sherlock Holmes in these traditional short stories, narrated by Doctor Watson.

A wave of rabies cases terrorises the people of London. Doctor Watson accompanies his colleague Doctor Glover to examine Marie, a young French-Canadian girl in terrible distress. When she dies a few days later, Watson and Holmes are caught in a web of deceit, superstition, and murder among the Métis fur trappers and merchants of the Red River Valley. In the second of four stories told by Watson in the traditional style with a touch of humour, a flamboyantly dressed man is murdered in a church courtyard. A robbery gone wrong, as the police say, or is there a darker motive to his death? Banker Mr Merriweather engages Holmes to examine a gentleman's wallet he found in his wife's sewing basket containing seven counterfeit gold coins. A prominent Biblical scholar and archaeologist is found dead in his hotel room. What is the secret of the red bones? Investigate these Sherlock Holmes stories told by Doctor Watson in the traditional style - come, there's not a moment to lose!

Paris, Tuesday 22nd August 1911. The very air of the city is charged with outrage. The Mona Lisa is missing from its place of honour in the Louvre. 'What audacious criminal, what mystifier, what manic collector, what insane lover, has committed this abduction?' the Paris newspapers demand. Sherlock Holmes emerges from retirement to reveal the truth of the Affaire de La Joconde, a story of incompetence, villainy, greed, and international intrigue involving an Italian house painter, American tycoon J P Morgan, and suave Argentinian con man, the Marqués de Valfierno. Follow Holmes and Watson as they track the thief from Paris to Rome, Pompeii, and finally Mona Lisa's home city, Florence. Based on, and structured around, the facts of the infamous 1911 case to allow readers to make up their own minds on the culprit(s). Weigh the evidence and decide who you think dunnit!

Three little girls from school are practising their parts in 'The Mikado', when one, a young heiress, disappears. Did she run away or was she kidnapped? In the second of five short stories told by Watson in the traditional style with a touch of humour, two baronets die at the Savoy Theatre under mysterious circumstances during a production of 'Patience', Gilbert and Sullivan's opera about bad baronets. Coincidence, or is an evil agency at play determined to make a hat trick of blue-blooded deaths? Early in his career, Holmes accepts a delicate case involving the young princes in the royal household and their tutor, artist Frank Miles. He is challenged to a duel by young aesthete Oscar Wilde, the tutor's friend. Holmes new co-lodger, stalwart Doctor Watson, accepts the role as Holmes' second, and finds himself reluctantly drawn into Holmes' bewildering world of plots and subterfuges. Notorious blackmailer Charles Augustus Milverton is murdered. Holmes is arrested for the crime, but arraigned on another, far more embarrassing, charge. In the final story, Holmes and Watson visit Windsor Castle to investigate the strange case of the Queen, Prince Albert, and Her Majesty's ghillie, John Brown. The worlds of Victorian theatre and 221b Baker Street collide in these traditional stories narrated by Doctor Watson with a touch of humour. Join Holmes and Watson in the stalls at the Savoy Theatre and enjoy the fun.

Ensign the Hon. Ian Lewin, 112th Foot, deliberately allowed the French to capture his regiment's flag at the Battle of Waterloo.A seventy-year-old cold case of cowardice in the face of the enemy leads Holmes to France on the trail of the missing Waterloo colour. In 'Angelique', the first of five traditional stories narrated by Doctor Watson and with an occasional wry twist, Holmes is incapacitated by fever, and he requires his fellow lodger Doctor Watson to act as his sleuthhound in a missing persons case. Watson is constrained by Holmes to procure, "raw facts, my dear fellow. Do not expend your energy in analysis: leave that to me."Watson's investigation uncovers two separate, competing conspiracies, with each conspirator plotting the destruction of the other. 'The Waterloo Colour' has Holmes investigating a seventy-year-old mystery that has spawned at least one duel and has had two families at each others' throats for a generation. The story of 'The Benevolent and Virtuous Order of the Swamp Python' sees a Chinese secret society attempt to establish itself in South London and Holmes' use of the most modern technology to thwart them. In 'The Abominable Madame Ricoletti', the escape of a patient from the lunatic asylum at Broadmoor puts Holmes, Watson and Lestrade at terrible risk. In 'Amity Among Nations', Holmes must find the source of a leak of diplomatic secrets that might be a catalyst for war between Great Britain and the United States. Join Holmes and Watson in their adventures in London's Chinatown, on the murky Thames, in Paris and an obscure abbey on the French border with Belgium, and in the secret recesses of the Foreign Office.

The Queen's spymasters in the newly created Special (Secret) Branch of Scotland Yard inform the Prime Minister that Her Majesty is at grave risk of assassination during the Jubilee procession to Westminster Abbey. Blood-oath Irish Republican fanatics have vowed to kill the Queen and her family using Dynamite bombs of terrible potency. In this second book in the Sherlock Holmes and Young Winston series, Holmes and his companions Doctor Watson and Winston Churchill are called in not only to prevent a Dynamite outrage against the Queen, but to avert a catastrophic war that might bring down the Empire. But is all as it seems, or is one of Holmes' clients using him in a plot to disgrace the other?

What if the most celebrated consulting detective in the world, at the height of his powers in 1897, was on the trail of the ancient lost Crown of Scotland? The crown, its history lost in the mists of time, was torn from the head of defeated Scottish King John Balliol by Edward the First of England. It was sent to Canterbury Cathedral for safekeeping, and never seen again. Or was it? What if the most potent symbol of Scottish sovereignty was stolen from its hiding place in the most secure stronghold in England? If members of the British Royal Family were abducted, threats made against the Queen, and a campaign of terror planned by Scottish separatists aided by a Great Power? Holmes and Watson track a conspiracy against the Union by some of the highest in the land, threatening the dissolution of Great Britain and a bloody European war of cataclysmic proportions. A Sherlock Holmes case recorded by Doctor John Watson with perhaps a touch of wry humour.

The 15 Step Guide to Perform Your Best and Be Competitively Great When Your Best Performance Is Required By Mike Hogan Start performing like an elite athlete. Discover the steps to achieve mental toughness and reach the top of your game. Have you ever wondered why some athletes perform exceptionally well while others are barely able to keep up with their game? Are you looking for ways to improve your game and move up the ladder of success? Most people think that winning at any game is governed by the physical prowess of an athlete. While fitness is imperative, it's not the ONLY thing that leads them to success. Winning at any game requires mental resilience as much (or even more) than physical fitness. However, most people fail to understand this and thus never reach the elite status of the athletes they admire. A lack of mental toughness is the nemesis of an athlete, as it can cause you to feel incompetent, perform poorly, or even quit your athletic career midway. You might be thinking that mental toughness is something you are born with... and if you don't have it, you can't make it big in your sport. That's where you're wrong...with commitment, focus, and sheer will, you can become mentally tough and take your game to the next level. Luckily for you, this guidebook is jam-packed with actionable strategies and tips that will help you flare up your self-confidence, become resilient, and perform your very best in every game. Inside, you will discover: ¿ The exact prescription for achieving mental toughness - improve your game by leaps and bounds by following these effective strategies ¿ A full rundown on mental toughness and why it is important for an athlete ¿ A quick tour of John Wooden's Pyramid of Success... and how to use it to achieve mental toughness¿ 5+ fears and worries that can corrupt an athlete's mind... and their easy fixes¿ Lessons on how to improve your physical fitness and achieve athletic excellence - including exercises for immediate results¿ A complete guide on mindfulness and meditation - including an overview of different meditation styles for all levels ¿ 3+ visualization techniques and exercises to achieve mental toughness and reach the top of your game And so much more! Mental toughness isn't synonymous with beating yourself down and punishing yourself for even the slightest of mistakes... it's a proven way of achieving mental dominance and improving your game. And with this guide by your side, you'll be able to achieve a winner's mindset and become resilient so you can reach the elite status for which you are striving.

Start performing like an elite athlete. Discover the steps to achieve mental toughness and reach the top of your game. Have you ever wondered why some athletes perform exceptionally well while others are barely able to keep up with their game? Are you looking for ways to improve your game and move up the ladder of success? Most people think that winning at any game is governed by the physical prowess of an athlete. While fitness is imperative, it's not the ONLY thing that leads them to success. Winning at any game requires mental resilience as much (or even more) than physical fitness. However, most people fail to understand this and thus never reach the elite status of the athletes they admire. A lack of mental toughness is the nemesis of an athlete, as it can cause you to feel incompetent, perform poorly, or even quit your athletic career midway. You might be thinking that mental toughness is something you are born with... and if you don't have it, you can't make it big in your sport. That's where you're wrong...with commitment, focus, and sheer will, you can become mentally tough and take your game to the next level. Luckily for you, this guidebook is jam-packed with actionable strategies and tips that will help you flare up your self-confidence, become resilient, and perform your very best in every game. Inside, you will discover: ¿ The exact prescription for achieving mental toughness - improve your game by leaps and bounds by following these effective strategies ¿ A full rundown on mental toughness and why it is important for an athlete ¿ A quick tour of John Wooden's Pyramid of Success... and how to use it to achieve mental toughness¿ 5+ fears and worries that can corrupt an athlete's mind... and their easy fixes¿ Lessons on how to improve your physical fitness and achieve athletic excellence - including exercises for immediate results¿ A complete guide on mindfulness and meditation - including an overview of different meditation styles for all levels ¿ 3+ visualization techniques and exercises to achieve mental toughness and reach the top of your game And so much more! Mental toughness isn't synonymous with beating yourself down and punishing yourself for even the slightest of mistakes... it's a proven way of achieving mental dominance and improving your game. And with this guide by your side, you'll be able to achieve a winner's mindset and become resilient so you can reach the elite status for which you are striving.

Blueprints of a weapon of unimaginable power are stolen from a room in the Savoy Hotel. > A hansom cab passenger is murdered. The evidence is overwhelming, and the shadow of the noose hangs over cabby Thomas Long. Why does Long refuse to explain what happened on that fateful night in Hyde Park? Watson drags Holmes to a music hall and enlists his aid in a matter of libel and impropriety, but the affair soon grows darker and more menacing - is a habitual killer loose in London so soon after the Ripper? A diamond merchant cannot access his safety deposit box in the London branch of the New York and Continental Bank. A technical malfunction takes on a sinister hue, and Holmes is mired in a complex case with international ramifications. Investigate these cases with Sherlock Holmes! As told by Doctor Watson in the traditional style - with a touch of humour.