It is perhaps the most unusual and certainly the darkest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. Treachery, mutilation, and the terrible consequences of infidelity are just some of the themes explored, along with atmospheric touches of the gothic involving a bloodsucking vampire, crypts at midnight and strange bones in a furnace.

The challenging and often bizarre tales reflect the mood of the 1920’s when they were written. Amid this grey miasma of crime stands the shining figure of Sherlock Holmes who is there to unravel even the most baffling mystery.