A recent re-issue of this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel includes an introduction by Michael Crichton
.... Sherlock Holmes 
Investigates, selected and with an introduction by Michael Hardwick .... Press (
New York, NY), 1995, with an introduction by Michael Crichton and notes by Julia 
... Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Three Adventure Novels (contains The Lost World, 
The Poison