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This week we are reading The Adventure of the Lion's Mane.
A quick summary (I had so little time this week, but I did manage to read it with everyone this time!)
Holmes is in retirement and thoroughly enjoying it. However, he seems to never be far from solving crimes. One morning while out on a walk, a friend of his who usually goes for a morning swim staggers up the cliff and collapses -- dead!
He has a note in his pocket for an assignation, but the trail goes cold when the meeting is for the evening. Notably, however, there was a competition for the affections of the lady in question.
Both the murdered man and his competition worked for a man who assured Holmes that despite past troubles, they were good friends. Still, the local police go out to arrest the man for the murder.
But soon after, the accused staggers in with the same wounds as the murdered man -- Holmes rushes to the scene of the crime and discovers a jelly fish far from home. A jelly fish which easily kills men.
So no murder -- just a simple case of mistaken trails.
Thoughts?
A quick summary (I had so little time this week, but I did manage to read it with everyone this time!)
Holmes is in retirement and thoroughly enjoying it. However, he seems to never be far from solving crimes. One morning while out on a walk, a friend of his who usually goes for a morning swim staggers up the cliff and collapses -- dead!
He has a note in his pocket for an assignation, but the trail goes cold when the meeting is for the evening. Notably, however, there was a competition for the affections of the lady in question.
Both the murdered man and his competition worked for a man who assured Holmes that despite past troubles, they were good friends. Still, the local police go out to arrest the man for the murder.
But soon after, the accused staggers in with the same wounds as the murdered man -- Holmes rushes to the scene of the crime and discovers a jelly fish far from home. A jelly fish which easily kills men.
So no murder -- just a simple case of mistaken trails.
Thoughts?