Sherlock Holmes and the Persian Slipper

Another eerie mystery from Sherlock Holmes' early casebook! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Horowitz and classic crime fiction.

Sherlock Holmes must pry the secrets from a dead man...

London, 1877

When medical student Mr Stamford is visited by his cousin, Lily, he is disturbed by the sinister tale she relates.

Lily's friend, Una, has recently inherited an old country house and settled down to married life in Coldwell, a small Essex village. However, Una's letters to Lily indicate that she is alarmed by her new husband's secretive behaviour - especially when she discovers a gun in his drawer, tucked inside a Persian slipper. Fearing for her friend's safety, Lily asks Stamford to pay Una a visit.

To his dismay, Stamford arrives in Coldwell to find that Una's husband, John Clark, has been found dead, lying in bed with a gunshot wound in his chest. Close examination reveals that the bullet was fired from Clark's own gun, through the toe of the slipper.

Stamford loses no time in alerting his acquaintance, Sherlock Holmes - an artful young sleuth - hoping that he can shed some light on Clark's death.

As Holmes and Stamford begin to probe Clark's past, it soon becomes obvious that he had plenty to hide. And when Holmes hears of further suspicious disappearances, he starts to search for the connection between the sinister mysteries...

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE PERSIAN SLIPPER is the fourth Victorian crime thriller in the Early Casebook of Sherlock Holmes series.

THE EARLY CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES:
BOOK 1: Sherlock Holmes and the Rosetta Stone Mystery
BOOK 2: Sherlock Holmes and the Explorers' Club
BOOK 3: Sherlock Holmes and the Ebony Idol
BOOK 4: Sherlock Holmes and the Persian Slipper
BOOK 5: Sherlock Holmes and the Legend of the Great Auk
BOOK 6: Sherlock Holmes and the Duelling Dukes
BOOK 7: Sherlock Holmes and the Mycroft Incident
BOOK 8: Sherlock Holmes and the Cabinet of Wonders
BOOK 9: Sherlock Holmes and the Power Principle
BOOK 10: Sherlock Holmes and the Widow's Key
BOOK 11: Sherlock Holmes and the Aeronauts