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    Sherlock Holmes and the Child in Concrete
    Sherlock Holmes and the Child in Concrete
    Sherlock Holmes and the Child in Concrete
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    Sherlock Holmes and the Child in Concrete

    By Phillip Duke

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    Again a concrete block is found with only a person's head esposed, this time it is the head of a young blue eyed girl child. Young girl children like the one in concrete, with bkue eyes and blonde hair, are disappearing all over Victorian London, Police Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard has no clue, and he asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate.

    Holmes and Doctor Watson examine the concrete block and head, and just as in the cae of Sherlock Holmes And the Woman In Concrete, no clues. are found. However Sherlock Holmes knows tthere is only one man in England with the will and ability to committ this heinous crime, and do so without leaving a clue, that is his nemesis the master criminal Moriarty,

    In the case of Sherlock Holmes And the Woman In Concrete Holmes foiled Moriarty's plan, and,was informed that he interfered with Moriarty's activities "at his peril." Now Moriarty has sent Holmes the message that he, Moriarty, is behind the child kidnappings, and he is daring Holmes to investigate.

    Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson proceed to investigate, and employing his powers of observation and logical reasoning Holmes deduces how the children were taken unobserved, and where the next kidnapping will occur. A Police trap is set and the kidnapper is caught in the act, but he takes poison and dies before he can be questioned.

    The only lead to the children's location is gone, the criminals have been alerted, and the children are lost. Holmes tells Watson he has badly bungled the investigation. Next morning Holmes informs Watson he has been up all night thinking, and has come up with a novel, new method, not based on evidence, to solve the case. The method requires Watson's help, and they employ it together.

    Not long afterwards Holmes receives a message from Lestrade that an informant has come forward with the children's location. The Police act quickly and rescue the children. Moriarty's accomplices in the kidnappers are taken, but they know nothing of him, and he has disappeared. The kidnappings  are ended and the case is closed.

    This is perhaps the most unusual of Sherlock Holmes's cases, due to the novel new method not based on evidence used to solve it. Was the new method responsible for the informant coming forward?  After Sherlock Holmes initially bunglied the case, did he come up with an absolute stroke of genius that solved it? You decide.

    Sherlock Holmes And the Child In Concrete is a continuation of the best selling Sherlock Holmes And the Man In Concrete, available in English, German and Spanish, and a sequel to Sherlock Holmes And the Woman In Concrete.

    This literary quality ebook is 11,200 words long and comes with a Hyperlinked Table Of Contents and 12 Illustrations. If you like reading about Sherlock Holmes you will enjoy reading this ebook.

    Phillip Duke Ph.D.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhillip Duke Ph.D.
    Release dateOct 1, 2014
    ISBN9781502262226
    Sherlock Holmes and the Child in Concrete
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    Phillip Duke

    Phillip Duke B.S., Ph.D. is a graduate of UCLA with the B.S. in Chemistry, and of USC with the Ph,D. in Experimental Pathology/Biochemistry.  Now retired, he writes on various aspects of life. His most popular titles:are: Jack the Ripper vs. Sherlock Holmes HEROIN God's Own Medicine Folly of the Hydrogen Bomb Starship To New Earth Now Karma GOLDEN SHOWERS Stories by Phyllis All 26 published titles are described on Philduke.weebly.com.  Any of  Dr. Phil's ebooks will be gifted to you on  request, simply email drpduke@wmconnect.com. All readers are invited to contact Dr. Phil Duke by email. An ancient saying- "The mills of the Gods grind very slowly, but they grind very fine." Buena suerta, y vaya con Dios!  

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      Sherlock Holmes and the Child in Concrete - Phillip Duke

      Introduction

      In the case of Sherlock Holmes And the Man In Concrete, a concrete block containing a man with only his head exposed was accidentally discovered when a trawling fishing boat brought it up. In Sherlock Holmes And the Woman In Concrete the concrete block with a woman’s head exposed was left on purpose in a canal, where low tide exposed it. In Sherlock Holmes And the Child In Concrete, a concrete lock containing a child with only the head exposed was again left on purpose where it was soon detected. The man in concrete was murdered for an inheritance, and Sherlock Holmes soon discovering evidence revealing his identity, the villain was tried, convicted and hanged. However the motive and outcome of Sherlock Holmes And the Woman In Concrete were quite different, as you will see should you read it. Regarding the motive and outcome in Sherlock Holmes And the Child In Concrete, the motive was a challenge by Holmes’s nemesis Moriarty, and as for the outcome, telling you now would reduce your reading pleasure, and I won’t do that.

      In the cases of the woman and child in concrete, careful examinations of the concrete blocks and exposed heads did not reveal any clue whatsoever, so based on the lack of evidence neither case could be solved.  However Sherlock Holmes quickly realized that there was only one man in England who had both the will and capability to carry off such terrible crimes, and that was his archenemy the master criminal Moriarty. It turned out that Moriarty provided Holmes with the woman in concrete in order to keep Holmes occupied, while Moriarty masterminded the theft of enormously valuable gold bullion from the Bank Of England. Holmes deduced Moriarty’s plan and foiled the theft, after which Moriarty sent Homes a message warning him not to interfere again.

      When the concrete block with a child’s head protruding was first discovered, Holmes was at a loss to explain Moriarty’s motive for this dastardly crime. The motive however became clear since the murdered girl child was blonde and blue eyed, like the blonde and blue eyed girl children who began disappearing in London, there was never any sign of violence, they were evidently being kidnapped. Moriarty was sending Holmes a message and a challenge. The message was that he, Moriarty, was behind these child kidnappings. The challenge was for Holmes to do something about it, if he dared. Holmes of course accepted the challenge, and this book accurately describes in detail everything that happened in the case of Sherlock Holmes And the Child In Concrete.

      Synopsis

      Blonde and blue eyed little girls between the ages of 6 and 9 are being napped (kidnapped) in London, and Chief Of Detectives at Scotland Yard Inspector Lestrade has been forced to ask Sherlock Holmes for help. The children just seem to disappear; one minute they are here, and the next they are gone. There are no ransom notes, and no one has seen or heard anything unusual.

      When Sherlock Holmes and Watson interview nanny Rose whose child was taken; she has seen nothing unusual. But when Holmes asks her to relate what she saw that was usual, she mentions that a fat old

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