The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures - Mike Ashley [303]
Derek Wilson, “The Bothersome Business of the Dutch Nativity”. Derek Wilson has written over thirty books of history, biography and fiction, including the acclaimed family biographies, Rothschild: A Story of Wealth and Power and The Astors 1763–1922: Landscape with Millionaires. He also also written two fascinating books on the circumnavigation of the globe, The World Encompassed – Drake’s Voyage 1577–1580 and The Circumnavigators. In the world of mystery fiction he has created the character of Tim Lacy, international art connoisseur and investigator whose cases have been chronicled in The Triarchs, The Dresden Text and The Hellfire Papers.
Mike Ashley is a full-time writer, editor and researcher with almost a hundred books to his credit. He has compiled over fifty Mammoth Books including The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction, The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy and The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes and Impossible Mysteries. He has also written the biography of Algernon Blackwood, Starlight Man, and a comprehensive study The Mammoth Book of King Arthur. He lives in Kent with his wife and three cats and when he gets the time he likes to go for long walks.
Table of Contents
Title page
Copyright page
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Life and Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
PART I: EARLY YEARS
The Bothersome Business of the Dutch Nativity
The Affray at the Kildare Street Club
PART II: THE 1880s
The Case of the Incumbent Invalid
The Adventure of Vittoria, the Circus Belle
The Darlington Substitution Scandal
The Adventure of the Suspect Servant
The Adventure of the Amateur Mendicant Society
The Adventure of the Silver Buckle
The Case of the Sporting Squire
The Vanishing of the Atkinsons
The Adventure of the Fallen Star
PART III: THE 1890s
The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger
The Mystery of the Addleton Curse
The Adventure of the Parisian Gentleman
The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor
The Adventure of the Touch of God
The Adventure of the Persecuted Painter
The Adventure of the Suffering Ruler
The Repulsive Story of the Red Leech
The Adventure of the Grace Chalice
The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer
PART IV: THE FINAL YEARS
The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer
The Legacy of Rachel Howells
The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat
The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex
The Case of the Last Battle
Appendix I: A Complete Chronology of Sherlock Holmes’s cases
Appendix II: The Tales of Sherlock Holmes
The Contributors
Author biography