Embark on a journey with Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr John H. Watson! Although Holmes was at his best amongst the ghostly gas lamps and swirling yellow fog of London's streets, he was always willing to venture forth to strange locales whenever adventure called. Comprising the collections 'A Prompt and Ready Traveller' and 'Round the World, ' within are eight recently-unearthed cases that induced Holmes to set forth to the Continent, the Colonies, and the Americas. All are narrated by Dr Watson in the finest tradition and spirit of classics such as 'The Adventure of the Devil's Foot.'
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING MANA. London is celebrating Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, but there is no rest for Holmes when a remarkable burglar and peculiar killer appears to be running loose. Will a call upon the visiting royal party of the Kingdom of Hawai'i and a spiritual trip to those far-away isles brings light to the matter? Can Holmes prevent a gang of vicious thugs from defiling Hawai'i's past and stealing its future?
THE OAK-LEAF SPRIG. In the long course of his career, Holmes has only failed a handful of clients. One such was John Openshaw, struck down in the heart of London by the K.K.K. Now, Holmes himself receives a warning that the same terrible organization is set on destroying him. Only by following the clues back to their source - the deep American South - will Holmes finally be able to cut the head off the snake, and bring a long-overdue justice to Openshaw.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BOULEVARD ASSASSIN. Holmes is beckoned to Paris, where chaos rules the streets. No man is safe from the random killings of the Boulevard Assassin. Holmes begins to see a method in the madness and an ancient link between the victims. If unchecked, a mighty shadow may once more emerge to set Europe shaking. But it is one thing to discern an assassin's twisted motives and another thing entirely to stop him from carrying out his desperate deeds.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE DOUBLE DETECTIVES. With Holmes thought dead at Reichenbach, someone in the California silver fields has usurped his name. Lately returned to London, Holmes is convinced to track down this imposter. Soon he also needs learn the identity of Fetlock Jones, who claims to be Holmes' nephew. When a miner is killed by an explosion, Watson soon discovers that it is not so simple to separate the wheat from the chaff.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECRET TOMB. At the behest of the Pope himself, Holmes is summoned to Rome