The Adventure of the Lion's Mane: a story that takes place after Sherlock Holmes has retired from London to the South Downs, where he keeps bees and is perhaps sorely missing his former companion, amanuensis and confidant Dr Watson. This story, then, is one of those in this final collection, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes narrated by the man himself. It is one of the strangest of all his cases.

The story itself was first published in the Liberty magazine on the 27th November 1926 (US). Incredibly it's not quite the last tranche of Sherlock Holmes stories to enter the public domain.

It is read by Greg Wagland and was recorded in January 2022 in sunny Lincolnshire.

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