The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Greenberg, Martin Harry; Lellenberg, Jon L.; Waugh, Carol-Lynn Rossel

• ISBN13: 9780786706983
• ISBN10: 0786706988
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

Bestselling author Anne Perry and Conan Doyle's most recent biographer, Daniel Stashower, among others, contribute new stories that expand this tribute to Conan Doyle's immortal creation. Mystery editors Martin Greenberg and Carol-Lynn R"ssel Waugh specially commissioned original works by Stephen King, Michael Gilbert, John Lutz, Edward D. Hoch, Dorothy B. Hughes, Peter Lovesey, Lillian de la Torre, John Gardner, and others for the first edition. With over 100,000 copies sold since its publication for the centennial of the first Holmes story, "The Speckled Band," in 1987, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes has ranked in popularity only after the first Conan Doyle stories. "A first-rate collection . . . A splendid addition to Holmesiana, worthy of its honoree" - Publishers Weekly "A well-mixed and amusing assortment" - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Mini-masterpieces in the Conan Doyle style" - Philadelphia Inquirer "[A] fine compendium of crime" - Chicago Sun-Times

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Jon Lellenberg
Dame Jean Conan Doyle
The Infernal Machine	13	(20)
John Lutz
The Final Toast	33	(16)
Stuart M. Kaminsky
The Phantom Chamber	49	(30)
Gary Alan Ruse
The Return of the Speckled Band	79	(16)
Edward D. Hoch
The Adventure of the Unique Holmes	95	(14)
Jon L. Breen
Sherlock Holmes and ``The Woman''	109	(22)
Michael Harrison
The Shadows on the Lawn	131	(30)
Barry Jones
The Adventure of the Gowanus Abduction	161	(18)
Joyce Harrington
Dr. And Mrs. Watson at Home	179	(8)
Loren D. Estleman
The Two Footmen	187	(20)
Michael Gilbert
Sherlock Holmes and the Muffin	207	(20)
Dorothy B. Hughes
The Curious Computer	227	(12)
Peter Lovesey
The Adventure of the Persistent Marksman	239	(22)
Lillian de la Torre
The House That Jack Built	261	(42)
Edward Wellen
The Doctor's Case	303	(32)
Stephen King
The Second Treaty	335	(22)
Daniel Stashower
The Adventure of the Venomous Lizard	357	(14)
Bill Crider
Hostage to Fortune	371	(22)
Anne Perry
Afterword: Moriarty and the Real Underworld	393
John Gardner