Irene At Large: An Irene Adler NovelMacmillan, 15/07/1993 - 395 من الصفحات In Douglas's third Irene Adler mystery, Irene observes a stranger in Oriental garb fall poisoned at the feet of Nell Huxliegh, Irene's very proper friend and narrator. Despite his garb, he is an Englishman, and reveals as he recovers that he has returned after years in Afghanistan in order to warn "Dr. Watson" that his life is in danger. The mystery soon leads Irene to 221 B Baker St. |
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WHEN TWO STRONG MEN | 1 |
EAST MEETS WEST | 11 |
AFGHANISTAN PERCEIVED | 15 |
PEARLS BEFORE PARROTS | 19 |
A STRANGER IN PARADISE | 24 |
A POISONOUS PAST | 34 |
DELIBERATE DEATH | 44 |
PILLOW TALK | 56 |
A NOSY NIECE | 194 |
SHE SNOOPS TO CONQUER | 202 |
DOCTORS DILEMMA | 210 |
DIVINELY INSPIRED | 218 |
ONEST CITIZENS | 233 |
FORAGING AT FORTNUMS | 244 |
A MESSY PICNIC | 255 |
A BRACE OF BURGLARS | 275 |
RETIRED DUE TO DEATH | 68 |
KISSMET | 80 |
WHEREFORE ART THOU? | 95 |
SAVING SARAHS ASP | 106 |
HISSTERIA | 114 |
SLEEPING SNAKES LIE | 132 |
HOMEWARD BOUND | 151 |
INNOCENT UNRELATED ERRANDS | 164 |
WATSONS FEVERED FRIEND | 177 |
THE THIRD MAN | 185 |
DR WATSONS BAG | 281 |
SHERLOCK HOLMESS LAST CASE | 291 |
HOLMESWARD BOUND | 307 |
A LUKEWARM SOLUTION | 331 |
A MOTHER NOSE | 338 |
THE DREADFUL TIFFANY SQUID | 349 |
FALLEN ANGELS | 359 |
THE CARDBOARD BOX | 371 |
A Brief Afterword | 380 |
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Afghan Afghanistan Allegra answered Baker Street battle of Maiwand Captain Morgan Carole Nelson Douglas Casanova chair cobra Colonel Moran Colonel Sebastian Moran course dangerous dark dead dear desk despite detective doctor door doubt Empress eyes face fear fever fiancée fingers French frowned gaze gentleman glanced Godfrey Godfrey's Grosvenor Square hair hand hansom head Holmes's hope India Irene Adler Irene's Kandahar knew lady laughed leaned London look Lucifer Maclaine Maclaine's Madame Maiwand matter Midnight Louie Miss Huxleigh mongoose Montmartre mystery never nodded Norton pale paper Paris past paused Perhaps Phelps poor Quentin Stanhope reticule returned Russian Sarah Sarah Bernhardt seemed Sherlock Holmes shoulder sighed smiled snake Stan Stanhope's suddenly sure tell thing thought Tiger tion tone took turned Turnpenny voice watch Watson window wish woman wound