The Adventure of the Spanish Sovereign (The Midwinter Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes Book 3)

December 25, 1890. The Victorian holiday season has passed by Sherlock Holmes. It is the first Christmas he has spent alone in nine years. Dr. Watson has deserted him for a wife, and a terrible injury has confined Holmes to his bed. His mood blackening by the hour, only Dr. Watson could possibly rouse him from this state and prevent another decent into darkness. However, nothing seems to avail, until a mysterious coin left in a hansom cab is submitted for his attention. But how can Holmes solve a case when he is unable to move? Watson must serve as his eyes and ears, supplying Holmes with the vital information he requires to both lift his spirits and solve a mystery that dates back over three hundred years. The trail may be cold, but the secrets unearthed could prove to be sufficiently explosive to launch England into war. Fully ensconced in the grand pattern set forth in of ‘The Adventure of the Manufactured Miracle,’ and ‘The Adventure of the First Star,’ and holding true to the essence of ‘The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle,’ comes the tale of a Christmas when the need for Holmes at his finest was never greater. *** This edition contains both the basic story, as well as a fully annotated version containing a cornucopia of scholarly insights that compare this newly unearthed tale by Dr. John H. Watson to the classic adventures from the Canon of Sherlock Holmes.