The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb, is the ninth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A young London engineer, contracted to service a hydraulic press at a country house, discovers that the owner is using the machine for illegal purposes. After confronting the owner, the engineer narrowly escapes death and loses a thumb when the owner turns on him. Holmes deduces the actual use of the machine and sets off to bring the evildoers to justice.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his creation of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. In addition to being considered a father of detective fiction, he also wrote a series of science-fiction adventures starring the brilliant, daring, and comical Professor Challenger.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 36 ● ISBN 9781974996995 ● File size 0.3 MB ● Age 99-17 years ● Publisher Dreamscape Media ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9049380 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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