The Spadina Apartments were in a nicer building than the Shuter block, though nicer was a relative term. We were shown up to Sebastian Moran’s room immediately, and the landlady was kind enough to unlock the door for us. “Not sure if he’s home right now,” she whispered in the hall. “I’ll leave you boys…

“Oh we did have a Mr. Moran staying here, a few years ago,” the land lady confirms. “But he moved out. Said he was movin’ up in the world. Nice man. Very quiet. Kept to himself, like.”

“Look we’ve got all the records for the other prisons in the province,” the officer in the front office explained. “I’m telling you we ain’t got any Edward Hopkins in any jail here right now. Now if it were 1885, that’d be a different story.” “What happened in 1885?” Crabtree asked. “We had an inmate…

“I can see leaving a house behind,” the Inspector said, pouring himself a stiff drink. “Even a safe deposit box. But money in the bank?” “Sirs, Mr. Holmes has deduced that Mr. Hopkins was murdered,” Crabtree said with a definitive air. He had bought the Sherlock Holmes act hook, line, and sinker. Detective Murdoch had…

The girl at the desk remembered the call. “Oh, funny looking fellow!” She laughed. “Came in here and asked to telephone the police, but he seemed real calm about it, you know? I remember because I thought he must be having a lark. He was dressed as Sherlock Holmes!”

“The obituaries? Why on earth would you want to know who sent in one of those? Seems pretty obvious, doesn’t it?” The boy a harried journalist sent to help us reminded us of Constable Crabtree in many ways: talkative, excitable, keen on his own ideas. “Can you just check?” Crabtree asked, frustrated. The boy made…

Ms. Herge, an imposing woman, informs us that Georgina is at work. “These days, a woman must work at least until she finds a suitable husband. At least she has a respectable position, not like some girls.”

“Yes, of course we have the complete works of Sherlock Holmes here,” the head librarian answered. “All fourteen volumes.” She showed us the card catalogue: “A Scandal in Bohemia” (June 1891)“The Red-Headed League” (August 1891)“A Case of Identity” (September 1891)“The Boscombe Valley Mystery” (October 1891)“The Five Orange Pips” (November 1891)“The Man with the Twisted Lip”…

We returned to the Hopkins house the next day to find Oscar Kingsley and Sebastian Moran knee-deep in Sunrise Pond and shouting at each other. “It’s impossible to search an entire bloody pond!” Moran shouted. “For a hundred thousand dollars, you’ll search all year or I’ll kill you myself!” Oscar shouted back. The Detective cleared…

Who is the man claiming to be Sherlock Holmes? Which specific item told the robbers where and when to strike? Which person posted the information in that item? What were the robbers after? Who is the real Moriarty/mastermind of this case? Where is the Star of Tarsus? Who did Moriarty have killed that got Sherlock…