The Case of the West London Wives: Further Cases of Sherlock Holmes

A well-received version in which John H. Watson, MD, is made able to reveal one of the more sensitive cases left under interdict by Sherlock Holmes on his retirement to become a Sussex beekeeper, after which he refused to co-operate with any further by Watson, on the ground that he no longer needed Watson's 'sensational' reports, when he planned, himself, to produce the great scientific tract on the professional method of investigating crime. This second revelation by Watson is a fascinating study in the vulnerability of respectable women of the day to clever blackmailers.