This volume comprises four classic tales of deduction... see if you can follow Holmes' dazzling logic! - THE ENGINEER'S THUMB - THE NOBLE BACHELOR - THE BERYL CORONET - THE COPPER BEECHES
Lord Bellingham, Carsely's biggest landholder, has enraged locals by saying he is going to sell off their allotments to make way for a new housing development. So when he turns up dead, poisoned by antifreeze, nobody mourns his passing ... Agatha is introduced to three old-timers Harry Perry, Bunty Daventry and Josephine Merriweather, whilst visiting the Carsley’s allotments. They are lamenting the neglected...