Solve It Like Sherlock Test Your Powers of Reasoning Against Those of the World's Most Famous Detective

This intriguing book presents 25 new Sherlock Holmes cases and challenges you to pit your powers of deduction against those of the Great Detective. Full of the atmosphere and ambience of 221b Baker Street, you’ll feel like you’ve stepped back into the pages of Arthur Conan Doyle—except, this time, with the chance to prove you’re a match for the super sleuth. Each case provides all the evidence you’ll need to crack it, provided you’re sharp enough to pick up on all the clues, with challenges from codebreaking to lateral thinking, memory to logic, and of course, how Sherlock came up with the solutions can be found at the back of the book in case you’re feeling more like Watson than Holmes. The detective managed to solve 24 out of the 25 cases in this book—perhaps you can go one better.

Stewart Ross is the author of adult fiction and nonfiction titles, as well as various prize-winning books for children (his book The Story of Scotland won the Saltire Society prize). 

CONTENTS
Introduction 9
Cases
1. The Mystery of Baron Galtür 13
2. The Adventure of the Adelaide Star 22
3. The Mystery of the Stabbed Shakespearean 31
4. The Lady from Kent 39
5. The Case of the Enamel Brooch 48
6. The Mystery of the Fourth Trombone 55
7. The Mystery of the Strangled Poet 60
8. The Adventure of the Axelbury Arsonist 73
9. The Mystery of the Early Cuckoo 83
10. The Adventure of the Athenian Bust 91
11. The Mystery of the Vanishing Philatelists 98
12. A Case of Bananas 108
13. Murder in Room 327 111
14. The Fraudster’s Finger 119
15. The Mystery of the Missing Masterpieces 123
16. The Case of the Beaded Egg 131
17. The Mystery of the Fallen Sergeant 136
18. The Mystery of the Three Tipsy Clerks 145
19. The Adventure of Old Dodson 152
20. The Adventure of the Crooked Draughtsman 157
21. The Adventure of the Eccentric Nephew 166
22. The Case of the Frowning Lady 172
23. A Case of Ignorance 179
24. The Case of the Surgeon’s Secret 186
25. The Adventure of the Archway Operator 190
Solutions 194
Acknowledgements 253