Case 009: A Deceptive Trail / The Oskar Brodski Case

Based on R. Austin Freeman and characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Editor: Stephan Bosenius
Copy editor: Dr Daniela Stöger / Marc Gruppe

Translator: Dr Kornel Kossuth

eBook: ISBN 978-3-69027-034-2

Paperback: ISBN 978-3-69027-035-9

To be released at the end of November 2026.

A Deceptive Trail:

A brutal robbery and murder. A doubtful suspicion. A case for Sherlock Holmes.
A man wanted for murder flees to 221B Baker Street — and asks Sherlock Holmes to prove his innocence. Ironically, it was Holmes himself who once put him behind bars. Now the fugitive claims to have changed his ways. For Inspector Lestrade, the evidence is clear — but Holmes senses that there is more to the case than meets the eye.

The Oskar Brodski Case:

One detail missing. The truth hidden. A case for Sherlock Holmes.

The decapitated body of the diamond dealer Oscar Brodski lies on the tracks of a main railway line. Was it an accident? Or even suicide? The police want to close the case as quickly as possible and archive it. Sherlock Holmes does not — because the dead man’s hat is missing! A tiny detail that leads the master detective on a completely new trail…

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