New Book - The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle (Pages 1 - 30)

 

First Published: January 1, 1954

This is a collection of stories about Sherlock Holmes by his son, Adrian Conan Doyle. 

SPOILERS!!!

1. The Adventure of the Seven Clocks

Shortly after Watson gets married, his wife goes away, and the doctor stays at Baker Street. Sherlock receives the visit of a woman called Celia Forsythe. Celia is the companion of Lady Mayo and they have just returned from Switzerland, and she has grown fond of a gentleman she met during the trip. His name is Charles Hendon, and she tells Sherlock and Watson that Charles has a peculiarity. On two occasions she has seen him destroy two clocks with his walking stick, and his loyal servant Trepley told her that he has destroyed as many as seven clocks. Then one day when she and Lady Mayo were in the company of Charles, he got a letter and then went away, and that is the last thing she saw of him. Celia says that the letter came from Holmes, which is untrue.

Holmes tells Celia to return in a week, and then he tells Watson that he needs to travel somewhere. When Holmes returns, he talks to Celia and Watson, and he says that the real identity of Chalres is he Grand Duke Alexei, and he is threatened by the Nihilists. Charles is not afraid of clocks, but of bombs, and when he heard the ticking of a clock, he thought it could mean there was a bomb nearby. Holmes also reveals that the servant, Trepley, is one of those who wanted to destroy the duke. Holmes, Watson and Celia ravel to Lady Mayo's manor, and Holmes and Watson confront Trepley on the roof, and he throws the bomb down the chimney, and it is thanks to the type of fireplace that Celia, Lady Mayo and the grand duke are protected. 

2. The Adveenture of the Gold Hunter

Holmes now receives the visit of a vicar, who tells him of the death of John Trelawney, a wealthy square. His nephew Dr Paul Griffin was called when he died, and he requested a postmortem because he couldn't find a reason why the man had died. Even after another doctor performed the postmortem, there was no clear reason. The vicar is worried because it was believed that Trelawney's heiress was his niece, Dolores, who was engaged to Jeffrey Ainsworth, a lawyer, but the man changed the will, and Dr Griffin is now the beneficiary of Trelawney's will, and now he is a suspect. 

Lestrade, who is in charge of the investigation, appears and he goes with Holmes, Watson and the vicar to the place. Holmes is the one who discovers by examining the body that the old man was killed by inhaling chloroform directly. The lawyer; Jeffrey, claims he went to see the man three times and he was okay, and it is believed that he died at 3 in the morning, which is when his clock stopped. Holmes proves that he died earlier than that and Jeffrey is lying. The lawyer is the killer, and he is arrested. And Dolores and Paul Griffin announce that they are going to get married.