{"product_id":"the-pocket-sherlock-holmes-9781917082938","title":"The Pocket Sherlock Holmes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pocket Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/em\u003e - The Game is Afoot! A compendium of intriguing puzzles and quizzes to test your knowledge of the cases which so fascinated the world when reported by Watson in the pages of the Strand Magazine and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHolmes was a secretive man, but he did let slip a few details of his private life, which you may remember. He distrusted women, but you will need to know something of the few he did admire. There are questions about his many adversaries and the cases that he solved - also the very few that defeated him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere are crossword puzzles based on Watson's reports of Holmes's cases, laced with a few cryptic clues. Puzzle grids lead you through the foggy streets of Holmes's London and out into the countryside, hot on the trail of the master detective and his sidekick. Anagrams further test your ingenuity and there is a maze to trap the unwary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, there is a quiz to test your knowledge of Holmes's creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe puzzles draw on both the four long stories – \u003cem\u003eA Study in Scarlet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sign of the Four\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Hound of the Baskervilles\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Valley of Fear\u003c\/em\u003e – and the five collections of short stories – \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Return of Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHis Last Bow\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Case Book of Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083005837548,"sku":"9781917082938","price":19.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15412083482870.jpg?v=1765278790","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-pocket-sherlock-holmes-9781917082938","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}