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The one and only Sherlock Holmes is sensationally back from the dead...In "The Empty House", Watson has a chance encounter with a bookseller while in "The Norwood Builder", Holmes finds there are many places for a criminal to hide. "The Dancing Men" reveals some inspired code-breaking and a music teacher is being followed in "The Solitary Cyclist". A young aristocrat disappears in "The Priory School" and Holmes needs to spear a pig in "Black Peter". "Charles Augustus Milverton" features the king of all blackmailers, while in "The Six Napoleons", who is smashing busts of Napoleon? In "The Three Students", Holmes uncovers a cheat, while in "The Golden Pince-Nez", an invalid professor is murdered. A rugby star vanishes in "The Missing Three-Quarter", while in "The Abbey Grange", who killed one of the richest men in Kent? And lastly, "The Second Stain" sees Holmes recover a vital letter. Emmy award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi reads all 13 stories from this classic collection. |