The House at Baker Street (36 page)

Copyright © Michelle Birkby 2016

Cover Images © Stephen Mulcahey/Arcangel,
Bjanka Kadic/Getty Images & Shutterstock

The right of Michelle Birkby to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

The characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle are hereby used by kind permission of Jonathan Clowes Ltd., on behalf of Arthur Conan Doyle Characters Limited, holders of the
Arthur Conan Doyle European Trademarks.

Sherlock Holmes, Mrs Hudson,
and
are trademarks of
the Conan Doyle Estate Ltd.®

Pan Macmillan does not have any control over, or any responsibility for, any author or third party websites referred to in or on this book.

You may not copy, store, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means (electronic, digital,
optical, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be
liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Visit
www.panmacmillan.com
to read more about all our books and to buy
them. You will also find features, author interviews and news of any author events, and you can sign up for e-newsletters so that you’re always first to hear about our new releases.