by Ashton, Hugh
I looked, but to tell the truth I was somewhat unsure what Holmes expected me to observe. It did appear to me, though, that the painting was remarkably free of dirt and grime when it was scrutinised through Holmes’ high-powered lens. “And the painting has not been cleaned or restored?” I asked him.
“Certainly not in Sir Godfrey’s lifetime. It is obvious to me that the original painting has been substituted, and this forgery has taken its place. It is possible that this is the only painting in the gallery where this has occurred, but I fear, from my earlier observations, that there are at least two more works of art where this substitution has been carried out. But before I can pronounce definitively on the matter, it will be necessary for us to make a comparison with the painting of similar age. Hence my proposed visit to the National Gallery.”
“If I understand correctly, you believe that the valuableobjets d’art and trinkets belonging to Sir Godfrey’s family have been disposed of, and their loss disguised by their replacement with these counterfeits?”
“Precisely.”
“But to what end?”
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More about the books
What reviewers have said about Hugh Ashton’s Sherlock Holmes stories:
“Unlike Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who got tired of his logical creation, Sherlock Holmes, Hugh Ashton clearly loves the character and his traits. I kept thinking that I was reading a more clever, sharper, wittier, just generally better writer, doing Conan Doyle like it should have been done.”
“Hugh Ashton does a fantastic job with the characters of Holmes and Watson. I would be hard pressed to find any differences between the originals and these in character, speech, tone and quality. Any Holmes lover would be happy to read these novellas and know that Holmes and Watson live on courtesy of Mr. Ashton.”
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You can find out more about these books at on the Internet at the publisher’s site: http://www.Inknbeans.com and at the site dedicated to Hugh Ashton’s Sherlockian adventures: http://221BeanBakerStreet.info
The series now comprises:
Tales from the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD
The Odessa Business
The Mystery of the Missing Matchbox
The Case of the Cormorant
More from the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD
The Case of Colonel Warburton’s Madness
The Mystery of the Paradol Chamber
The Giant Rat of Sumatra
Secrets from the Deed Box of John H. Watson MD
The Conk-Singleton Forgery Case
The Enfield Rope
The Strange Case of James Phillimore
The Bradfield Push
The Darlington Substitution
Notes from the Dispatch-Box of John H. Watson MD
The Affair of the Vatican Cameos
The Reigate Poisoning Case
The History of John Augustus Edward Clay
Further Notes from the Dispatch-Box of John H. Watson MD (published June 2013)
The Abernetty Horror
The Finsbury House
The Curious Affair of the Archdeacon
The Victor Lynch Forgery Case
The first three titles are also available bound together in hard covers as a compilation volume:
The Deed Box of John H. Watson MD
also by Hugh Ashton and published by Inknbeans Press:
Tales of Old Japanese
Keiko’s House
Haircuts
Click
Mrs Sakamoto’s Grouse
The Old House
and
At the Sharpe End (a Tokyo-based thriller)
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Copyright, etc.
The Reigate Poisoning Case: Concluded — An Untold Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Hugh Ashton
Published by Inknbeans Press, 2013
© 2013 Hugh Ashton and Inknbeans Press
Grateful acknowledgment to Conan Doyle Estate Ltd. for permission to use the Sherlock Holmes characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are written in respectful tribute to the creator of the principal characters.
Inknbeans Press, 25060 Hancock Avenue Bldg 103 Suite 458, Murrieta CA 92562, USA
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