The Adventure Of The Plated Spoon And Other Tales Of Sherlock Holmes - Plot & Excerpts
“The Surgeon’s Kit,” excerpted from A Study in Terror, pays fitting tribute to the deductive acrobatics and clever Holmes-Watson banter of the originals. The novel was adapted from the 1965 film of the same title, but for those familiar only with the movie, Queen provides a surprise: an alternative solution, uncovered by detective Ellery himself. “You are quite right, Watson. The Ripper may well be a woman.” It was a crisp morning in the fall of the year 1888. I was no longer residing permanently at No. 221B Baker Street. Having married, and thus become weighted with the responsibility of providing for a wife—a most delightful responsibility—I had gone into practice. Thus, the intimate relationship with my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes had dwindled to occasional encounters. On Holmes’s side, these consisted of what he mistakenly termed “impositions upon your hospitality” when he required my services as an assistant or a confidant. “You have such a patient ear, my dear fellow,”
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