Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been solving cases and amazing fans for more than a century...Now, today's best mystery writers have gathered together to present fourteen original Holmes stories in one festive collection.
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Holmes for the Holidays
"The Watch Night Bell" copyright 1996 by Anne Perry.
"The Sleuth of Christmas Past" copyright 1996 by Barbara Paul.
"A Scandal in Winter" copyright 1996 by Gillian Linscott.
"The Adventure in Border Country" copyright 1996 by Gwen Moffat.
"The Adventure of the Three Ghosts" copyright 1996 by Loren D. Estleman.
"The Adventure of the Canine Ventriloquist" copyright 1996 by Jon L. Breen.
"The Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" copyright 1996 by J. N. Williamson.
"The Yuletime Affair" copyright 1996 by John Stoessel.
"The Adventure of the Christmas Tree" copyright 1996 by William L. DeAndrea.
"The Adventure of the Christmas Ghosts" copyright 1996 by Bill Crider.
"The Thief of Twelfth Night" copyright 1996 by Carole Nelson Douglas.
"The Italian Sherlock Holmes" copyright 1996 by Reginald Hill.
"The Christmas Client" copyright 1996 by Edward D. Hoch.
"The Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" copyright 1996 by Carolyn Wheat.
Veteran anthologists Greenberg (Great Modern Police Stories) and Waugh (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) have joined with Doyle/Holmes scholar Lellenberg (Quest for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) to gather 14 new Holmes cases by contemporary writers involving Christmastime mysteries. Contributors include some of the mystery field's brightest stars, including Anne Perry, Loren Estleman, Jon Breen, Reginald Hill, Carole Nelson Douglas and Carolyn Wheat. Their affection for the style and feel of a Holmes short story is evident. Hill's Holmes, in "The Italian Sherlock Holmes," even sounds like Doyle's creation: "...my methods misapplied are as capable of causing serious damage as a surgeon's scalpel in the hands of a schoolboy." Both Wheat's "Adventure of the Angel's Trumpet" and J.N. Williamson's "Adventure of the Man Who Never Laughed" are delightfully sinister and macabre. In all, this is a fine collection in which even the weakest story pays worthy homage to Doyle and will please the ardent Holmes fan.
Anthology of Christmas Themed Sherlock Holmes Pastiches by modern mystery masters.