The story is funny, inventive, clever, and the idea for Holmes and Watson octogenarians (and in wheelchairs) to the attack of Nazi evil is excellent. I do not dispute the fact that this edition is packed with shells; for my part, I obtained the first edition, easy to find used for a low price. The title is the same, but for the book's release in Arlington Books in 1981, the author had an irresistible nickname, especially for a French Marcel Lamb. A novel crying laughing and respects Sherlockiens codes with imperturbable aplomb in a crazy plot.