天文学知识空白、文学知识空白、哲学知识空白、政治学不及格--这就是歇洛克·福尔摩斯。可是，这又有什么关系？对这位世界上最伟大的私家侦探来说，能否完成缜密绝伦的推理、能否厘清最扑朔迷离的案情、能否破解最匪夷所思的案件、能否挑战最惊险刺激的冒险……这些，才是真正值得他关注并能给他带来无限快感的东西。讹诈、勒索、谋杀、离奇命案……这一次，声名显赫的歇洛克·福尔摩斯仍将叼着他的老烟斗，一脸精明悍练的表情，带领我们步入又一个惊心动魄、神秘诡异的历险之旅……

A strange man on a bicycle follows a young music teacher as she bicycles on a lonely road to and from the city.

嗜酒成癖的恶魔般的丈夫，天姿国色的天使般妻子，忠心耿耿一心为主的仆人，曾经富丽堂皇而今陈旧衰败的庄园……毫无疑问，这是个理应发生点什么故事或事故的地方。
当格兰其庄园的优斯塔斯爵士被通条击例，血和脑浆溅满屋子时，故事开始了......

Sherlock Holmes is asked by Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard to assist with a most peculiar case. He has been investigating a series of break-ins in shops and private homes where all that happens is the destruction of a bust of Napoleon. The case includes murder when one of the burglaries also leaves an unidentified dead man on the front steps. Holmes realizes that someone is searching for an article hidden in one of the busts. Written by garykmcd

英格兰最优秀的预备学校里，公爵大人的独子与一位德语教师神秘失踪，3天后，德语老师的尸体在学校附近的荒原被发现……
最令人疑惑不解的是，德语教师遇害的荒原附近一头牛也没有，路上却有大量牛蹄的痕迹…