Publisher Description
From the well-worn tin dispatch box belonging to Dr J. H. Watson, three untold stories are brought to light.
In Sherlock Holmes and The Murder At Lodore Falls, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are drawn into a case that involves murder, blackmail and robbery. It is a case that leads to danger to both Homes and Watson and brings a confrontation with their old adversary. With Dr Watson facing his own personal nightmares, will Holmes be able to solve the mystery and help his troubled friend? The two other tales are Christmas stories.
In The Adventure Of The Wooden Boat, Dr Watson is haunted by an old tragedy and copes by building a model boat, which is an old family tradition. In The Call of Angels, Dr Watson has an accident while travelling back to Baker Street and is aided by a mysterious stranger. Who is this mysterious stranger?
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About Charlotte Smith
Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806) was born in London to a wealthy family.
Unfortunately, her father’s reckless spending forced her into an early, unhappy
marriage with Benjamin Smith, an abusive gambler who was completely unsupportive
of her writing, in which she had begun to immerse herself. Though her novels,
and particularly her poetry, received critical acclaimed, her life was one of
general unhappiness—a constant battle against dwindling finances, attempts to
separate herself from a violent, reckless husband, and losing much of her
inheritance to a nearly-forty year long legal battle that became the
inspiration for Dickens’ central case in Bleak
House. By 1803, Smith was again poverty-stricken with severe gout; the disease
made writing painful and later almost paralyzed her. On February 23, 1806,
Charlotte finally received some of her inheritance, but was too ill to do
anything with it, and she died on October 28, 1806.
About Ric Jerrom
Ric Jerrom is an actor, writer, and—occasionally—director. He has also narrated audiobooks in genres from classics to romantic fiction to mystery and suspense, winning three AudioFile Earphones Awards and placing as a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. He has written plays, film scripts, short stories, poetry, and journalism. He has performed in many radio plays, sundry theaters, and internationally for the Natural Theatre Company of Bath.