Tales from the Deed Box of John H. Watson M.D.. The Deed Box, #1

Three adventures of Sherlock Holmes, rescued from the deed box deposited so long ago in the vaults of Cox & Co. by Dr. Watson and edited by Hugh Ashton. The Odessa business - introducing a previously unknown member of the Holmes family. The Mystery of the Missing Matchbox - "the strange case of the well-known duellist and journalist, Isadora Persano, who was found startk staring mad, with a matchbox on the table in front of him containing a remarkable worm, said to be unknown to science."The Case of the Cormorant - referred to as "the case of the politician, the lighthouse, and the trained cormorant" - a tale set in the Cornish town of Falmouth, where Holmes and Watson are taking a holiday.