Murder on the Brighton Line and Other Stories — Mike Hogan

Female body parts are left outside buildings across the coastal resort of Brighton. Sherlock Holmes is called to consult on the outrages with the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Constabulary, but he and Watson find themselves at the heart of a different mystery.Who is the gentleman found dead in a first-class compartment of the London to Brighton express? The victim has a fortune in jewels and a fabulous painting in his luggage. Who killed him? Holmes tackles the Murder on the Brighton Line case despite the obduracy of the police sergeant in charge of the official investigation.In the second story, Holmes and Watson visit the Crystal Palace where Holmes has arranged a rendezvous with a mysterious, and murderous, lady. Holmes has but a few days before she must submit to a fate worse than death. Or is all as it seems?Next, the Amateur Mendicant Society is in turmoil as two deaths occur in their secret clubhouse. Are the deaths connected with a mysterious discovery in the basement?And has the skull of William Shakespeare been stolen from his tomb in the Holy Trinty Church in Stratford-upon-Avon? Holmes' investigation leads him to a momentous discovery, and involves a bizarre duel of wits with a Tibetan sage and a Prussian nobleman.Four stories of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson told in the traditional style.