Sherlock Holmes and the Fairer Sex

The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes

De: C. Thorne

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

“Women are never entirely to be trusted–not the best of them. The motives of women are so inscrutable. How can you build on such a quicksand?”
–Sherlock Holmes
So says the great detective, yet so many memorable of cases from 221B Baker Street have the fairer sex at their heart, and collected here are eight favorite mysteries from The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes in which women play a central rôle in the tales, sometimes as victims in need of aid, other times as the perpetrators of heinous miscarriages of justice.
Brought together for the first time are:
The Case of the Divine Miss Sarah, in which the most famous actress of the age consults Sherlock Holmes.
The Case of the Condemned Man, sees the daughter of a man due to be hanged in mere days seek aid in proving her father’s innocence.
The Adventure of the Fifth Bride, wherein a woman claims her husband has serially murdered four wives before her, and intends her to be his next victim.
The Case of the Shadow of White Hall, transpires amid the shadowy darkness of the British Museum after-hours, where murder may be afoot.
The Case of the Faceless Dutchman begins with claims that a young girl is being driven mad by a statue with a cursed history.
The Case of the Jousting Yard Ransom centers on the kidnapping of the only child of a doting astronomer and his wife, who live along the Thames near a former Medieval jousting yard.
The Adventure of the Backward Clock starts when a client claims her employer has gone missing, and those dwelling in his house claim he never existed at all.
The Case of the French Convent witnesses Holmes and Watson in France, where they assist a young nun in the return of a relic stolen from a convent chapel.
Whether one is new to the sixty-plus volume Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, or an established fan, these eight mysteries are a gateway to another time and place, where fog swirls on chilly London streets, mysteries abound, and the game is always afoot….