繁琐集The tangled skein 6

Itistheautumnof1888.FollowingthesuccessfulconclusionoftheinvestigationintotheaffairoftheHoundoftheBaskervilles,SherlockHolmesandDrWatsonhavereturnedfromDartmoor,littlerealisingthatfatewillseethembackinDevonbeforetheyearisout.Holmesreceivesapotentiallylethalpackage,thefirststrandinthetangledskein,whichhewillneedtounravelbeforethisnewadventureisresolved.AthreattoHolmes'life,murdersonHampsteadHeath,andastrangephantomladyleadHolmesandWatsonintothemostdangerousinvestigationtheyhaveeverundertaken-anencounterwhichbringsthemfacetofacewithevilitself,embodiedinCountDracula,theLordoftheUndead.