Revenge of the Hound: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

A badly mauled tramp and the footprints of a giant hound; the theft of Oliver Cromwell's bones a sinister murder on the channel ferry; an illustrious personage who fears blackmail....It is up to Sherlock Holmes and his brilliant powers of deduction to uncover the pattern connecting these bizzare events.

The late MICHAEL HARDWICK was the first man since Christopher Morley to be honored with the investiture of the Sign of the Four by the Baker Street Irregulars of America, one of the most prestigious honors possible for any Sherlockian. His novel Prisoner of the Devil is considered by many to be the finest of all the Sherlock Holmes adventures written since Conan Doyle’s death. He was also the author of The Complete Guide to Sherlock Holmes, The Private life of Dr. Watson, and Sherlock Holmes: My Life and Crimes, a Sherlockian autobiography. He was for years a leading writer and drama director for the BBC. He also successfully adapted, with his wife, Mollie, the Upstairs, Downstairs series and Billy Wilder’s film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes into book form.STERANKO, internationally acclaimed artist, succeeds such famous Sherlockian artists as Sidney Paget, the original illustrator of Sherlock Holmes, and Robert Fawcett, whose marvelous pictures of the great detective were featured in Collier’s. Steranko, whose experience as an escape artist brought him early fame, is an award-winning graphic artist, painter and designer.