Sherlock Holmes looked upon the sea as a vast, open expanse of hypnotic tranquillity - a contrast to the wheels within wheels that turned the deductive turbine of his analytical mind. But the sea is not always tranquil. There are times of violence, and when the churning ceases, the open expanse buries its secrets, shrouding them from the eyes of man. It was at times such as this that Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle speaks in this story, faithfully and fully depicted by the admirable Watson...