A weathered Cornish sailor has come to 221B Baker Street to see Sherlock Holmes. He shares a tale so haunting and otherworldly that it seems to offer only one possible explanation, a supernatural one. William Berryman of the coal ship Mariah went to sea as a boy and is now an old man, but in all his years he has never experienced anything like he did in The Great Storm of ’99 off the Cornish Coast. The storm drove his ship into the deadly “Manacles”, a line of savage rock outcroppings that had already claimed over a thousand souls. He tells Holmes and Watson that only nine of nineteen...

Mr. Stamford meets Sherlock Holmes while studying at St. Bartholomew's Medical College in London. With his intense stare and unorthodox methods of doing things, Holmes has already gained a reputation as an eccentric but brilliant man. When suspected intruders are sighted at the British Museum, Holmes is called upon to give his opinion of what happened. But before he can come to any conclusions, something horrifying happens—one of the great treasures of the world, the priceless Rosetta Stone, is stolen from the museum.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are at home at 221B Baker Street as London endures the dark, stormy days of winter. Then an experienced government courier is found brutally murdered and the priceless secrets entrusted to him are missing. Soon the desperate emissaries of the Nation are at their door. Will Holmes accept the challenge of recovering the plans for a radical new weapon so incredible that it alone will secure Britain’s primacy on the high seas for another generation? Or will the designs of the battleship HMS Dreadnought fall into enemy hands and lead to the most catastrophic...

A young ship’s officer stands in the sitting room at 221B Baker Street, begging Sherlock Holmes, the great detective, to help recover his sister. “It’s desperation that drove me to your door, Sir. You may not know it but…if you won’t help us, then I fear my sister will die in the hands of this fiend.” Harry Bellamy, Ships Purser on the White Star Line’s passenger ship, SS Cymric, tells the story of a malevolent nobleman who is also the Church Rector of the Parish, Sir Algernon Benedict of Saxlingham Nethergate. “He is the author of innumerable evils upon our poor folk, a ...

When Inspector Lestrade discovers a body holding an envelope addressed to Sherlock Holmes, the Scotland Yarder calls the famous detective in for help. Maurice Harriman died several days earlier under mysterious circumstances. Until his discovery by Lestrade, the body had been resting peacefully in the morgue. When Holmes opens the letter, he discovers an ace of diamonds Black Lantern playing card. Holmes reveals he received the exact card in the post, three days previously. It falls to Holmes and Watson to discover what connects these playing cards with Harriman’s death. The case takes a ...

New adventures of the iconic sleuth, an icon of detective fiction. Readers, listeners, investigators, and artists have come across Sherlock Holmes and his mythical stories of crime and adventure for generations. Now comes an outstanding anthology of never-before-seen short fiction stories featuring the much-loved powers of deduction and unerring quest for the truth - however improbable it might first appear. The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories brings together some of the most renowned American and British crime and thriller authors of today.

This captivating anthology features four classic tales from the career of Sherlock Holmes, each set against the backdrop of Christmas. From a mysterious additional stocking that appeared during Christmas Eve night, to a seemingly impossible theft, follow Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they unravel the most inexplicable mysteries. The Fifth Stocking Inspector Lestrade interviews Mr Hillsborough who found an additional stocking on the mantle that he claims he didn’t hang. A Very Irregular Christmas Inspector Tobias Gregson calls on Holmes after witnessing a ghost steal Mr John ...

The ring of the bell at 221B Baker Street portends evil and confronts Holmes and Watson with a case which will push them to the limits of their own humanity. It will call upon all of their abilities simply to survive. Harry Devereaux was a devil-may-care young man until he returned to his ancestral home near Great Manchester. What he saw there drove him to the brink of madness and sent him flying straight to London and the only man who could help him. “There was no one there Mr. Holmes, only blood!” With those few words Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson find themselves pitted against ...

At the end of his own birthday celebration, Major Peterson shocks his seven guests by leaving the breakfast table, going into his study, and apparently shooting himself...Inspector Delaware discovers conflicting evidence, however, and calls for help from Sherlock Holmes. Upon their arrival, Holmes tells Watson he believes there’s more to Peterson’s death than the evidence might suggest. Still, the facts continue to show that Peterson committed suicide—until they discover something that changes everything…

A mysterious theft at the British Museum is followed by an unexpected death at an archaeology dig in Egypt. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson follow clues that lead from London, to the ancient deserts of Cairo. Exactly who are the Cult of the Free? And what connects them to each event? It falls upon Holmes and his faithful friend, Watson, to determine the motives; but it soon becomes apparent the clues are almost as difficult to uncover as the ancient tombs themselves…

Holmes is back and…the game is still afoot! The year is 1899 and Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are at home at 221B Baker Street as London endures its coldest winter in memory. Then comes a telegram from Sir Henry Baskerville, Baronet, filled with fearful premonitions and a supposed sighting of the ghost of Jack Stapleton, the evil mastermind behind “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, upon the moor. This is followed immediately by reports declaring the death of the Devonshire Baronet in a “tragic accident”. Were Sir Henry’s words to Holmes and Watson mere hysteria? Was the ...

When several strange incidents occur in India that appear to be related the niece of Colonel James Good, commander of the Calcutta barracks, calls upon Dr Watson for help, since he served with Good. When the facts of the case are presented, Holmes agrees to travel to India to look into those unexplained events. But the case causes significant trauma for Watson, who must confront the choices of his past and help expose an adversary who will do anything to stop anyone discovering his truth… even if it means killing them! A case like no other. An untold account of Doctor John H Watson's life...

Boxed set of four #1 bestselling Watson Files mystery novels, starring the legendary sleuth of Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes, including: Sherlock Holmes and the Missing Shakespeare (#1) Sherlock Holmes, legendary sleuth of Victorian London, is asked to authenticate the work of what appears to be a long lost Shakespearean play. Alas, just as the famed detective is about to announce his conclusion, the manuscript is stolen―and the chase is on to locate and recover it. As Sherlock Holmes and his trusted sidekick, Dr. John Watson, begin to unravel the mystery of the missing play, their ...

Malcolm Findley was a strange little man with a large, pale, half-bald dome of a bulbous head, a trailing mane of silver-white hair, and a pair of Belgian-made golden pince-nez eyeglasses. He was also brilliant and this aspect of his personality so overshadowed the former that he was considered a colossus. Born the eldest son of a poor fisherman on the Isle of Lewis in the windswept northwest of Scotland, he grew up in a stone cottage with a thatched roof that didn’t blow away in the frequent gales only because it was held down by a net of hemp ropes weighted at the ends by stones. As a ...

A series of unexplained illnesses, in his parish of Salisbury, causes Reverend Gerald Dervish concern enough to travel to London to consult with Sherlock Holmes–but to Dervish’s disappointment, Holmes seems uninterested in his case. But, when Watson reads of Reverend Dervish's death, seemingly of natural causes, Holmes immediately takes up his case. The investigation leads to the foreboding and much feared Granholm Asylum where several people have been committed after falling inexplicably ill. How is the Asylum connected to Dervish's case? With little support from the local police, it ...