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Holmes investigates the disappearance of the top player in the Cambridge University Rugby team on the eve of a match against Oxford.

A woman marries a meek, scientifically minded doctor but can't help comparing him to her much-admired artistic friends.

A writer becomes obsessed with a portrait of a young girl.

A man takes up an offer to stay with a charming but ferocious baron - who promises some unusual hunting near his cold Carpathian home.

Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.

A drifter describes making, spending and losing a few bucks.

A prize fighter struggles to survive in his twilight years. A lyrical Rocky 10.

A couple are in agreement on the ethics of marriage but personal feelings, inevitably, intrude.

Two sisters readjust their lives following the death of their father.

Just before his death, Adrian Borlsover develops the power of automatic writing, which creates some unexpected issues for one of his heirs.

When the favorite for the Wessex Cup disappears and his trainer murdered, Holmes travels to Dartmoor to investigate.

An interpreter seeks Holmes' advice after being abducted and forced to translate a conversation with a bound and gagged man. A story that al