Holmes and Watson: A Study in Friendship

London: Constable. Near Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. [no discernible wear to book, but with the previous owner's initials plus date & place of purchase written in ink along edge of rear pastedown (concealed beneath rear jacket flap); the jacket has a tiny white blemish at the top edge of the front panel and some light surface wear]. "This fictional biography celebrates the most famous friendship ever recorded. In the course of tracing its development, [the author] herself a highly respected writer of seventeen crime novels and three collections of Holmesian stories, gives fascinating insights into the personalities of these two very different individuals whose relationship was to last for over forty-six years." She also deals with many of the theories and disputed points about the Holmes-Watson partnership, including among others: the dating of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'; the location of 221B Baker Street; the motive behind Holmes's three-year disapperance; and whether or not the Holmes-Watson relationship was homosexual. .