Siciliano, Sam

The aristocratic Charles Bromley arrives at 221B Baker Street to beg Sherlock Holmes for his help. Bromley believes that his wife is in danger, as she has refused an offer to sell the Moonstone, a fabulous diamond that has been in her family for generations but which is said to be cursed. When a jeweller is found murdered, it seems as if the Moonstone deserves its reputation. Then the diamond is stolen, and Holmes must try to unravel a mystery centuries in the making.

A mysterious gypsy places a cruel curse on the guests at a ball and when terrible misfortunes begin to befall some of those guests, Mr. Donald Wheelwright engages Sherlock Holmes to find out what really happened that night, with the help of his cousin Dr. Henry Vernier and Henry's wife Michelle.

"A journey to Whitby heralds the start of a new case for SHERLOCK HOLMES and Dr. Henry Vernier. Their client is in love, but a mysterious letter has warned him of the dangers of the romance. The object of his affection is said to be under a thousand-year-old druidic curse, doomed to take the form of a gigantic snake. Locals speak of a green glow in the woods at night, and a white apparition amongst the trees. Is there sorcery at work, or is a human hand behind the terrors of Diana's Grove?"--Back cover.

"When Rose Grimswell breaks off her engagement to Lord Digby, the concerned fianc? calls on Sherlock Holmes to visit the ancestral home to find out why"--Back cover.

Sherlock Holmes is at work again, this time in the labyrinthine Paris Opera, to unlock the secret of the infamous Phantom.