MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part IV , livre ebook

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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories
Part IV: 2016 Annual
edited by
David Marcum





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First edition published in 2016 by
MX Publishing
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Previous Volumes
These additional Sherlock Holmes adventures can be found in the previous volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories:
PART I: 1881-1889
Foreword - Leslie S. Klinger
Sherlock Holmes of London - A Verse in Four Fits - Michael Kurland
The Adventure of the Slipshod Charlady - John Hall
The Case of the Lichfield Murder - Hugh Ashton
The Kingdom of the Blind - Adrian Middleton
The Adventure of the Pawnbroker’s Daughter - David Marcum
The Adventure of the Defenestrated Princess - Jayantika Ganguly
The Adventure of the Inn on the Marsh - Denis O. Smith
The Adventure of the Traveling Orchestra - Amy Thomas
The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes - Kevin David Barratt
Sherlock Holmes and the Allegro Mystery - Luke Benjamen Kuhns
The Deadly Soldier - Summer Perkins
The Case of the Vanishing Stars - Deanna Baran
The Song of the Mudlark - Shane Simmons
The Tale of the Forty Thieves - C.H. Dye
The Strange Missive of Germaine Wilkes - Mark Mower
The Case of the Vanished Killer - Derrick Belanger
The Adventure of the Aspen Papers - Daniel D. Victor
The Ululation of Wolves - Steve Mountain
The Case of the Vanishing Inn - Stephen Wade
The King of Diamonds - John Heywood
The Adventure of Urquhart Manse - Will Thomas
The Adventure of the Seventh Stain - Daniel McGachey
The Two Umbrellas - Martin Rosenstock
The Adventure of the Fateful Malady - Craig Janacek
PART II: 1890-1895
Foreword - Catherine Cooke
The Bachelor of Baker Street Muses on Irene Adler - Carole Nelson Douglas
The Affair of Miss Finney - Ann Margaret Lewis
The Adventure of the Bookshop Owner - Vincent W. Wright
The Case of the Unrepentant Husband - William Patrick Maynard
The Verse of Death - Matthew Booth
Lord Garnett’s Skulls - J.R. Campbell
Larceny in the Sky with Diamonds - Robert V. Stapleton
The Glennon Falls - Sam Wiebe
The Adventure of The Sleeping Cardinal - Jeremy Branton Holstein
The Case of the Anarchist’s Bomb - Bill Crider
The Riddle of the Rideau Rifles - Peter Calamai
The Adventure of the Willow Basket - Lyndsay Faye
The Onion Vendor’s Secret - Marcia Wilson
The Adventure of the Murderous Numismatist - Jack Grochot
The Saviour of Cripplegate Square - Bert Coules
A Study in Abstruse Detail - Wendy C. Fries
The Adventure of the St. Nicholas the Elephant - Christopher Redmond
The Lady on the Bridge - Mike Hogan
The Adventure of the Poison Tea Epidemic - Carl L. Heifitz
The Man on Westminster Bridge - Dick Gilman
PART III: 1896-1929
Foreword - David Stuart Davies
Two Sonnets - Bonnie MacBird
Harbinger of Death - Geri Schear
The Adventure of the Regular Passenger - Paul D. Gilbert
The Perfect Spy - Stuart Douglas
A Mistress - Missing – Lyn McConchie
Two Plus Two - Phil Growick
The Adventure of the Coptic Patriarch - Séamus Duffy
The Royal Arsenal Affair - Leslie F.E. Coombs
The Adventure of the Sunken Parsley - Mark Alberstat
The Strange Case of the Violin Savant - GC Rosenquist
The Hopkins Brothers Affair - Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett
The Disembodied Assassin - Andrew Lane
The Adventure of the Dark Tower - Peter K. Andersson
The Adventure of the Reluctant Corpse - Matthew J. Elliott
The Inspector of Graves - Jim French
The Adventure of the Parson’s Son - Bob Byrne
The Adventure of the Botanist’s Glove - James Lovegrove
A Most Diabolical Plot - Tim Symonds
The Opera Thief - Larry Millett
Blood Brothers - Kim Krisco
The Adventure of The White Bird - C. Edward Davis
The Adventure of the Avaricious Bookkeeper - Joel and Carolyn Senter



Copyright Information
All of the contributions in this collection are copyrighted by the authors listed below. Grateful acknowledgement is given to the authors and/or their agents for the kind permission to use their work within these volumes. The following contributions appear in this volume: The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories: Part IV - 2016 Annual
“The Adventure of John Vincent Harden” ©2015 by Hugh Ashton. All Rights Reserved. Hugh Ashton appears by kind permission of Inknbeans Press. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Turkish Cipher” ©2015 by Deanna Baran. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Tale of the First Adventure” ©2015 by Derrick Belanger. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Wargrave Resurrection” ©2015 by Matthew Booth. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Arsenic Dumplings” ©2015 by Bob Byrne. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“Relating To One of My Old Cases” ©2015 by J.R. Campbell. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“Murder at Tragere House” ©2015 by David Stuart Davies. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“Foreword” ©2016 by Richard Doyle. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“Undershaw: An Ongoing Legacy for Sherlock Holmes” ©2015 by Steve Emecz. All Rights Reserved. Printed by permission of the author.
“A Word From the Head Teacher at Undershaw” ©2016 by Melissa Farnham. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Impossible Murders” ©2015 by Jayantika Ganguly. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Phantom Coachman” ©2015 by Arthur Hall. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“A Game of Illusion” ©2015 by Jeremy Holstein. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Double-Edged Hoard” ©2015 by Craig Janacek. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Grace Chalice” ©2011, 2015 by Roger Johnson. All Rights Reserved. First text publication of this script. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Disappearing Anarchist Trick” ©2015 by Andrew Lane. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“Toast to Mrs. Hudson” ©2016 by Arlene Mantin Levy. All Rights Reserved. First print publication; Originally read at the “Dr. Watson’s Neglected Patients Dinner”, January 30 th , 2016. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure at the Beau Soleil” ©2016 by Bonnie MacBird. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The London Wheel” and “Editor’s Introduction” ©2015 by David Marcum. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Fellow Traveller” ©2016 by Daniel McGachey. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Case of the Rondel Dagger” ©2015 by Mark Mower. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“Foreword” ©2016 by Steven Rothman. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Watcher in the Woods” ©2015 by Denis O. Smith. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Highgate Financier” ©2015 by Nicholas Utechin. All Rights Reserved. First publication, original to this collection. Printed by permission of the author.
“The Adventure of the Missing Necklace” ©2015 by Daniel D. Victor. All Rights Reserved. First publication, origi