Sherlock Holmes and the Chelsea Necrophile by John A. Little

Author:John A. Little
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sherlock holmes, mystery, crime, british crime, sherlock holmes fiction, sherlock holmes novel, sherlock holmes short stories
ISBN: 9781787050648
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2017
Published: 2017-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

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‘At first sight, there seems to be no logical relationship between the two columns.’

‘That is clear even to me, Holmes.’

‘Now let us include in the third column, the letters of the Latin alphabet, in reverse order,’ enthused the great detective. ‘This was a simple substitution cipher in the Hebrew language, known as the Atbash. It can be perceived in the Book of Jeremiah, Watson, in your beloved Old Testament. And many believe that it was used to disguise words in the Kabbalah, a school of thought originating in Judaism. A few English words can be Atbashed into other English words, such as holy and slob. Some other English words even Atbash into their own reverses, such as wizard for draziw.’

‘All right, Holmes,’ I sighed. ‘I comprehend.’

Holmes worked his way rapidly down the table:

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