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The ragamuffin boys known as the Baker Street Irregulars help Sherlock Holmes solve the mysterious deaths of a family of circus tightrope walkers

Preface: In which you will discover some fascinating information -- Three gruesome deaths -- An important visitor seeks assistance from Sherlock Holmes -- A feast in the Castle -- A meeting at 221 Baker Street -- The Irregulars arrive at the Grand Barboza Circus -- In which the Irregulars interview the circus performers -- Wiggins discovers the murder weapon -- Holmes discloses the crime -- The Irregulars meet Pilar -- In which Pilar faces Karlov the knife thrower -- Ozzie confronts Indigo Jones -- Pilar reveals her powers -- The Irregulars return to Baker Street -- Holmes shares the tale of The Stuart Chronicle -- Ozzie at the scrivener's shop -- Eliot performs surgery -- The return of Pilar -- The Irregulars arrive at the docks -- Surveillance on the docks -- A stranger appears -- The confrontations -- Holmes and the Irregulars inform Scotland Yard -- The Irregulars receive a ride home -- A stranger seeks services at the scrivener's shop -- Wiggins and Pilar call on Holmes -- Holmes and the Irregulars save Ozzie -- Ozzie tells the tale -- Facts and practicals for the aspiring detective -- Cast of characters -- Slang glossary -- Cockney rhyming slang: an explanation and instructions for creating your own -- The science of deduction: Sherlock Holme's mind at work -- The art of disguise -- Victorian carriages, coaches, and carts: How detectives and other citizens traveled

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