The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, is the ninth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A young London engineer, contracted to service a hydraulic press at a country house, discovers that the owner is using the machine for illegal purposes. After confronting the owner, the engineer narrowly escapes death and loses a thumb when the owner turns on him. Holmes deduces the actual use of the machine and sets off to bring the evildoers to justice.
| ISBN: | 9781974996995 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2017 |
| Author: | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Publisher: | Dreamscape Media |
| Format: | Digital Product (Other) |