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There is nothing more tragic than a story left untold. At least that is what Sherlock Holmes thought. Through his urgings Doctor Watson opens his tin dispatch box to recall a series of strange and grotesque events which consumed their daily lives in the early months of 1899. Follow Holmes and Watson as they tackle an unusual case of hysteria, race through fires in Whitechapel, find mystery and murder in a seaside village, and discover what strange game is afoot when an assault in the confines of 221b sends Holmes and Watson racing against time towards a deadly and toxic end! One thing is certain, sometimes the most deadly villain is their legacy. The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Volume 2.

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	02 mai 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781780924212
Langue	English

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Sherlock Holmes: Studies In Legacy
Luke Benjamen Kuhns

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First edition published in 2012 by MX Publishing
335 Princess Park Manor, Royal Drive,
London, N11 3GX
www.mxpublishing.com
Digital edition converted and distributed in 2013 by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
© Copyright 2012 Luke Kuhns
The right of Luke Kuhns to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998.
All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without express prior written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted except with express prior written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damage.
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and not of MX Publishing.
Cover design by Phil Dragash and compiled by www.staunch.com

Dedication
To my Grandfather Robert (Bob) L. Beitler (1931 - 2013)
&
my friend Reverend David Stanley-Burnett Jones (1924 - 2013)

Acknowledgements
I want to thank my God and Saviour Jesus Christ from whom comes so much goodness and in who all my hope is placed; as Sherlock Holmes said, “It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from.” I wish to thank my friends and family who have continually supported and encouraged me in all my writing endeavours. A warm greeting and thank you to you the reader for spending your hard earned money on this book; I shake you warmly by the hand and trust you will enjoy it! Thank you to MX Publishing for your support and also to the vast Sherlockian community which I have become a part of. Thank you to Phil Dragash for the brilliant cover and to Nadine Dare for being my editor! Lastly, before I run out of room, I want to say a very quick “Hello to Jason Isaacs!”

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The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Volume II
Being a reprint from the reminiscences of
John H Watson MD
late of the Army Medical Department

Introduction
Tucked away deep in the vaults of Cox and Co. bank, at Charing Cross, rests a worn, tin, dispatch box with the name: John H. Watson, M. D., Late Indian Army painted upon the lid. This battered tin box is one of my greatest treasures as it contains hundreds of case records from my exploits with Sherlock Holmes. I, having recently received a letter from Holmes, was informed of his concern regarding an old case I had recently published. He felt that I only told the tale in part. He, in typical fashion of these late years, wrote from his home in the Sussex saying, “I see that you have recently disclosed the events regarding Her Majesty the Queen during her Diamond Jubilee. I think it only decent to relate the events which followed. The time is ripe for your detailed account, my dear Watson.”
Thus, after reading Holmes’s plea, I was stirred to read through our old cases in order to set out a full account of what followed in connection with the Diamond Jubilee. I proceeded to venture out, on a cold and rainy day, to the Charing Cross bank and requested my tin box. With great care I took this ‘treasure chest’ and, as quickly as possible, returned to my home. As I read through the loose papers I came across one of my old, red, leather bound journals, which I had acquired from Cox and Co. of Bond Street. Unravelling the thread which kept it sealed I proceed to read through the affairs which Holmes had wished me to now recount.
Inside this journal I had recorded a series of events which had taken place in the early days of 1899 that were both horribly grotesque and mentally stimulating for Holmes and myself. The year of 1899 was much like that of 1895 when Holmes was at the top of his game. It was upon reading through this journal that I realised the only reason I had split up the case in which he was so concerned was solely down to a time difference; as the originating event started back in 1897 and was therefore recorded separately from this journal.
The cases, which I have now set out, began in February of 1899 when a string of mysteries and murders consumed the daily life of my good friend Sherlock Holmes, and a looming presence seemed to taunt us at every corner. I cannot recall a more stress-filled or trying time, save but a few, in the partnership between Holmes and myself. I remember now that further delays to the release of these tales also rested upon the request of my friend. He wished that I kept them out of the public eye as they were featured frequently in the newspapers; which resulted in enough drama. It was the wish of Holmes not to add more fuel to the fire at the time. Now enough time has sufficiently passed which enables me to reveal all. I, therefore, have spent the last several months fervently compiling the cases that transpired so many years ago and making them ready for public discloser. The memory of these happenings still burns vividly in my mind as if they all had happened but a few weeks ago, as it is with so many of my adventures with Sherlock Holmes.
So now, I pass on these further untold adventures to you, the public, telling you the full account of those strange affairs which were mentioned in newspapers but only offered partial truths. As all of these written account are void of the great master of deduction, Sherlock Holmes, who was instrumental in each case.
Doctor John H. Watson M.D.

A Study In Hysteria
Mrs Dabish
“She has been through a strange and grotesque affair,” said Holmes aloud as he sat comfortably in his chair, smoking his cherry wood pipe, and holding a letter that had come to him earlier that day.
“What affair is this?” I asked.
Holmes, very blasé, extended his arm towards me with the paper dangling between his fingers. I laid down my copy of The Daily Telegraph and gripped the paper, but before he released the page Holmes looked at me intensely.
“Would you read it aloud to me, Watson? I would be most appreciative.” I unfolded the letter and leaned back in my chair. I noticed that it was hand written on hotel paper. The letter read:
Re: Mrs Isabelle Dabish of Dulwich, London.
Mr Holmes,
I require your immediate assistance. I have come into the care of a young woman named Isabelle Dabish. She has been through a strange and grotesque affair. A time ago, her husband, Doctor Walter Dabish, went missing and now is presumed dead. The event of her husband’s disappearance resulted in a unique case of hysteria to the point of a complete psychological break down . She was found in her home in Dulwich with a self-inflicted knife wound to her chest. On normal grounds I would not need the aid of a detective, private or otherwise. However, there is something odd about her. Pieces that I cannot completely put together even as a specialist in psychoanalysis. I have a strong feeling of suspect. I believe there is a deeper reasoning for her mental deterioration. I know of your great skills, Mr Holmes, and request you come and see me in person to discuss this matter in greater depth. I am currently staying at The Savoy Hotel while I care for Mrs Dabish. You will find me there tomorrow from mid-day. Please come .
Dr Sigmund Freud
“ The Doctor Sigmund Freud!” I ejaculated. “Are you going to meet with him?”
Holmes raised himself from his chair and crossed his arms, his pipe smouldering in his clasped hand. His face tensed as he paced back and forth a few moments.
“Look at his writing, my dear Watson. The letter was written in a hurry. Freud, a liberal man he may be, is still a man who must work with control in his profession, meaning that whatever has happened to this woman, Dabish was it? Yes, Dabish. Whatever has happened to her is shocking enough to unsettle a man who spends his time working with the unsettling aspects of the human psyche.”
“But Holmes, come now!” said I, “How can you tell his writing is of an unsettled nature?”
“Observation, Watson.” He walked over to a desk and pulled out a bundle of letters. “This is not my first letter from the famous Doctor. No, I have sent him many letters and received several replies over the years. Though it is unknown to him that I am the one with whom he conferred, as all my letters to Doctor Freud were under a pseudonym due to the fact that I was consulting him over matters relating to the late Professor Moriarty and his associates such as Doctor Perny, before his recent and untimely death. Heart failure the papers report in Perny’s death. I have suspicion regarding this.”
“As always, the explanation you offer is simple and logical,” I muttered comparing the letters. “But you stray from the point. Perny is old news. Dr Dabish, I recall now, studied at Cambridge and was at one point held as one of the greatest scientific minds of the generation regarding herbal remedies.” Holmes nodded taking a large puff off his pipe.
“He was indeed liberal in his practices, too,” offered Holmes.
“As I remember it was his out of box thinking that caused him to fade from the medical light some time ago,” I concluded.
“Well, Watson, I believe I shall.”
“Shall what, Holmes?”
“The answer to your original question, I will come as Dr Freud requested. Grotesque is not a word to be used lightly, and when a man of that calibre endorses it, it is worth investigating. I trust you will accompany m