Sherlock Holmes And The Circus Of Fear (adventures Of Sherlock Holmes)

'Lord George Sanger. I believe?' Our caller answered Holmes in a voice that was gruff and far from aristocratic, yet with a ring of authority. 'Yes. Which of you is Sherlock Holmes?' My friend said, 'I have that doubtful honour, sir and this is my friend and colleague Dr John Watson.' And so began the fearful tale of Sherlock Holmes and the Circus of Fear. Why were dreadful accidents happening at Sangers's Circus? Who had poisoned the lion? And why was the trapeze rigged up to kill? In this story Holmes's skill and ingenuity is stretched to the breaking point as he ponders and investigates. What is the secret behind Sanger's death? > In a story that involves a terrifying house, and the politics of a college where Oxford dons are clashing over revolutionaries who wish to lead modern architecture backwards, there emerges a young student whose days at Oxford were numbered. But this is to forget the influence of snow on Oxford, for "when snow comes", Oxford has a penchant for turning into fairyland, where even its hard-bitten inhabitants get bewitched.