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"The Adventure of the Connoisseur" (2007)
Included in: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Paul D. Gilbert)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; Mrs Hudson
Other Characters: Nathaniel Graves; Timothy Ryan; Graves's Maid; John Tyler; James Bowen; Mrs Bowen; Farm Lad; Policeman; (Gallery Owner; James Tyler; Robbery Victim; Wormwood Scrubs Governor; Guard)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Montpelier Square; Station; Train; Borehamwood; Bowen Bridge Farm
Story: A landscape of little value is stolen from Graves's art collection. Holmes sends Watson to find an artist and bring him to Graves's home. After enquiries lead him to Wormwood Scrubs, Holmes commissions a copy of the stolen painting, and is able to solve two cases at once.

"The Adventure of the Conscientious Constable" (2007)
Included in: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Paul D. Gilbert)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; Inspector Lestrade; Mrs Hudson; Shinwell Johnson
Other Characters: Detective Constable Benjamin Cryer; Scotland Yard Messenger; Mrs Mullins; Johnson's Messenger; Gin House Patrons; Silas Morrison; Detective Constable Nicholas Parkes; Johnson's Friends; Morrison's Cohorts; (Theodor Daxer; Sergeant Gates)
Date: Early March, Late '90s
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Langham Hotel; Islington; 41, Conway Avenue; Gin House
Story: Lestrade consults Holmes when Parkes, an up and coming young detective constable disappears while carrying out surveillance of an Austrian agent, Daxer. Holmes enquires into Parkes's most recent cases and contacts Shinwell Johnson who puts him on the trail of an East End fence. A visit to Parkes landlady raises questions over his comings and goings, and discovery of cigar ash and a red hair lead Holmes to a solution and a criminal who has taken a leaf or two from Holmes's book.
"The Adventure of the Dying Gaul" (2007)
Included in: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Paul D. Gilbert)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; (Professor Moriarty; Colonel Moriarty; Colonel Moran; Stationmaster Moriarty)
Other Characters: Rome Police Officers; Signor Gialli; Museum Head Guard; Gialli's Messenger; Landau Driver; Museum Guards; (Museum Visitor)
Date: 1898
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Charing Cross Station; Train; Folkestone; Ferry; Paris; French Train; Rome; Via Nationale; Hotel; Capitoline Museum; Tivoli
Story: Holmes suggests that Watson accompany him to Rome to investigate the theft of the "Dying Gaul" statue from the Capitoline museum. On the train to Rome, Holmes reveals that he believes Moriarty to be behind the theft, and outlines the chain of events that have led him to the belief that Moriarty survived Reichenbach. In Rome, the police are puzzled that the thieves took the most complicated route out of the museum, but Holmes suggests that the statue has not been removed at all.
"The Hooded Man" (2007)
Included in: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Paul D. Gilbert)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; Mrs Hudson; Stanley Hopkins; (Mary Morstan)
Other Characters: Baker Street Crowds; Nellie McCumber; Lucy Hardcastle; Linus Rawlings; Admiral's Mast Patrons; Cliff Court Residents; James "The Weasel" Willis; Broadsea Bay Crowd; Widow McCumber; Thomas; Hopkins' Constables; Mrs Hardcastle; (Captain John Dyson / Ryson Douglas; Limpet Hunter; Coroner; George; Folkestone Counterfeit Gang; Inspector Culver)
Date: February after Watson's marriage
Locations: Baker Street; 221B, Baker Street; Kent; Broadsea Bay; Cliff Court Lodge; The Admiral's Mast
Story: Holmes receives a letter from Lucy Hardcastle, telling him of a sea captain, Dyson, blinded and disfigured in a fire, who has changed his daily routine, and now stands outside her house, appearing to stare at her from beneath his concealing hood. The day after his arrival in Kent, Holmes receives word from Hopkins that Dyson has been found dead on the beach. The location of the maid's bedroom proves significant, and an examination of the clifftop and a return trip to London allow Holmes to unknit the coplex web of relationships that underlie the events in Broadsea Bay, and put an unclosed counterfeit case to bed.
"The Missing Don Giovanni" (2007)
Included in: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Paul D. Gilbert)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; Mrs Hudson; Inspector Bradstreet
Other Characters: Sir James Mowbray; Jonathan Crawford; Stage Door Steward; Hotel Under-Manager; Cabby; News Vendor; Italian Bodyguard; Interpreter; Signora Calvinni; Giuseppe Analdo; Bradstreet's Constables; (Roberto Tordelli; Royal Opera Committee Members; Times Critic; Police; Hotel Maid; Stage Door Commissionaire)
Date: Summer
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Baker Street; Covent Garden; Royal Opera House; Hotel; Savile Row
Story: A hot summer with no cases irritates Holmes, until the director of the Royal Opera House visits 221B, with news that Tordelli, the young Italian playing Don Giovanni has disappeared from his dressing room on the day his fiancée arrived from Italy. Holmes visits the Opera House and Tordelli's hotel, and examines his trousers to reach a conclusion, which ends in a fray in a hotel room.
"The Mystery of Avalon" (2007)
Included in: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Paul D. Gilbert)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; Mary Morstan; Mrs Hudson; (Dr Farquhar; Dr Jackson)
Legendary Characters: (King Arthur)
Other Characters: Colonel Geraint Masterson; Avalon Footman; Lad; Avalon Butler; Pageboy; Mitre Inn Reception Clerk; Alice Masterson / Alice Dunwoody; John Rouse; Cornish Police; Police Doctor; Inspector; Carriage Driver
Date: Around January 10th, the year after Watson's marriage to Mary Morstan
Locations: Watson's Paddington Practice; 221B, Baker Street; Train; Cornwall; Avalon; Slaughter Bridge; Mitre Inn
Story: Watson is summoned through the snow to Baker Street, where he meets Masterson, whose house and family have been bestowed names from Arthurian romance. Two attacks have been made on his wife, and his shepherd, who has been acting strangely, has disappeared after being seen emerging from a hole on the hillside - an echo of an Arthurian legend. After brushing up on Malory, Holmes and Watson travel to the Colonel's Cornish home, Avalon. On his arrival, receipt of a telegram confines Holmes to his room with avowals to return to London immediately. Mrs Masterson is not present, and the Colonel explodes in anger when Watson mentions her name. Holmes reveals prior acquaintance with the woman, and, with the aid of a sheepdog, locates the shepherd's cave to solve a very different case from the one he set out upon, but does not prevent its tragic ending.
"The Old Grey Horse" (2007)
Included in: The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes (Paul D. Gilbert)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr Watson; Mrs Hudson; Inspector Lestrade
Other Characters: Baker Street Passers-by; Lestrade's Informer; Benjamin Matthews; Jonathan Blackwood; Grey Horse Patrons; Albert Collins; Cab Driver; Lestrade's Constables; Three Boys; (Agnes Blackwood; Cab Driver)
Date: Early March
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; kilburn Lane; Regent Street; The Old Grey Horse; Scotland Yard
Story: Holmes disappears with an informer who has information about a string of jewellery thefts. A client, Matthews, calls while he is gone, and tells him how looking for work, he took up residence and employment at the Old Grey Horse inn, where the landlord confines him to his room for several hours every day, and where Ale is never served. He has heard the cries of children from the cellar. With Holmes absent, Watson resolves to investigate, and visits the pub, spotting a safe breaker in the bar. While examining the cellar doors he is attacked and taken prisoner. Rescue comes from an unexpected source and Watson discovers that his and Holmes's cases have coincided.