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"The Adventure of the Bramley Court Devil" (2000)
(Also published as "The Clare Market Devil")
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson; Watson's Maid
Other Characters: Elderly Man; Muggearage; Actors; Stage Manager; Inspector Laurie; Hansom Driver; Constables; Constable Ningham; Reporters; Lead Actress; Mrs. Muggerage
Locations: Monarch Theatre; Simpson's; Watson's Queen Anne Street House; A hansom; Holofernes Street; Clare Market; Buszard's
Story: A man bursts onto the stage of the melodrama that the Watsons are watching, shouts that he has seen the Devil in Bramley Court, a slum area currently being demolished, and promptly drops dead, apparently of fright. Later the man's body disappears. The Watsons venture into the slum to investigate, but it is a chance remark by the leading actress, overheard by Mrs. Watson, that offers her the solution to the mystery.
"The Adventure of the Damsel In Grey" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson
Other Characters: Gabriel Reeves; Daniel; Emily Reeves; The Damsel In Grey; Sarah Wells; Constable Trout
Locations: Watson's Queen Anne Street House; Moreton-At-Marsh; Nether Sworthing; The Commonwealth Inn; The Church
Story: Watson is invited back to Nether Sworthing, scene of one of Holmes's cases, by village innkeeper, Reeves. Mrs. Watson encounters a woman in the village church, who the villagers believe to be the local ghost - the grey damsel. The following morning however the woman is found dead on the ground outside the inn, having fallen or been pushed from an upstairs window. Mrs. Watson's enquiries reveal that she was an actress, and part of a plot to revive the fortunes of the village, of which Watson was to be an unwitting part. The smell of lemons eventually leads her to the woman's murderer.
"The Adventure of the Disappearing Coach" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Watson's Maid; Mrs. Hudson; (Dr. Watson)
Historical Characters: Sir Melville Macnaghten
Other Characters: Harry Benbow; Sergeant; Inspector Corrigan; Warder; Radford Boys; Hoskins; Policeman; Constables
Locations: Watson's Queen Anne Street House; A Bus; New Scotland Yard; A Cab; 221B, Baker Street; Tooley Street; The Tower Subway; Macnaghten's Carriage
Story: Benbow calls Amelia to Scotland Yard where he is being held on a kidnapping charge after being found in possession of a teddy bear belonging to one of the kidnapped boys. He claims that the bear was thrown by the boy from a carriage which he followed to a shed which, when he looked inside, was empty. Amelia arranges his release and together they uncover the shed's secret and locate the missing boys.
"The Adventure of the Glass House" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Mrs. Hudson; Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Other Characters: Harry Benbow; Nick Johnson; Actors & Film Crew; Maurice Denby; Faversham; Amelia, Lady Ashford; Beryl Hunter; Constables; Sergeant; Inspector Laurie
Locations: Covent Garden; Coram's Field; the Glasshouse; 221B, Baker Street; Watson's Queen Anne Street House; Simpson's
Story: Mrs. Watson is persuaded to join the cast of a film version of the Three Musketeers by Benbow, a friend from her acting days. The following day, she finds a threatening note attached to her clothes in the dressing room, and the wardrobe mistress is found murdered. She realises that the clue to the murder must lie in the glasshouse where the film is being made and venturing back with Benbow, is able to thwart a diamond thief with some last minute assistance from Sherlock Holmes.
"The Adventure of the Illustrious Patient" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Mycroft Holmes; Watson's Maid; Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes
Historical Characters: Edward VII; Lord Landsdowne
Other Characters: Dressmakers; Lt. Benjamin Breakstone; Marie Perrault; Sir Francis Lacking
Locations: Watson's Queen Anne Street House; A Royal Coach; Buckingham Palace
Story: Mycroft brings Edward VII to Watson's home and asks Watson to find a drug to make the King appear to be dangerously ill, in order to rally public support. After a firecracker diverts attention while the drug is being administered, the King is instead injected with a deadly drug. Holmes's attempt to trap the assassin fails, but enables Mrs. Watson to provide proof of their identity and to engage them in a duel.
"The Adventure of the Japanese Sword" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes
Other Characters: Bellboy; Hurley Desk Clerk; Caroline Adams; Hanrahan; Holmes's Driver; Policemen; Mr. Bullock; Sally Probert; Sergeant Kellin; Mordecai
Locations: San Francisco; The Westchester Hotel; The Hurley Hotel; Holmes's Carriage; Kellins' office
Story: On holiday in San Francisco, Mrs. Watson opens a letter to her husband, only to find a wedding photo of him and another woman. She travels to the woman, Caroline Adams's hotel, but finds her murdered with a Japanese sword. Her investigations reveal a conspiracy involving the labour unions and reaching right to the mayor's office.
"The Adventure of the Left-Behind Wife" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Letter written by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes; Watson's Maid
Other Characters: Elizabeth Newington; Grimy Youth; Old Matchwoman; (Dr. Fennyman)
Date: Spring / July, 1903
Locations: Watson's Queen Anne Street House; The Street
Story: When Watson is called away by Holmes, Mrs. Watson becomes aware that she is being watched by an old woman. It is only when the woman enters her house uninvited, insisting on seeing Watson, that she realises who she is, and is able to confront her with her knowledge. Through her adventure she comes to understand more deeply her husband's relationship with Holmes, and, incidentally, to receive a large diamond as a late wedding gift.
"The Adventure of the Nefarious Nephew" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson; Watson's Maid
Other Characters: Sir Peter Swindon; Humphrey Jafford; Owen Jafford; Inspector Laurie; Court Spectators; Mr. Strang; Judge Wilkins; Lady Emmaline Belgrave; Law Clerk; Dickie Belgrave; Jury
Date: 1904
Locations: The Old Bailey; The Inner Temple; Watson's Queen Anne Street House; The Royal Opera House; A Cab; An Omnibus
Story: All the evidence points to Owen Jafford having murdered his uncle, except that he has a cast iron alibi - he was seen at the opera. When Swindon, the prosecuting counsel, Watson's patient, is taken seriously ill, it is up to Mrs. Watson to break Jafford's alibi, and proceed with the case disguised as Sir Peter.
"The Adventure of the Other Woman" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes; Watson's Maid
Other Characters: Grimy Street Urchin; Ragamuffin; Mr. Neville; Cab Driver; Owen; James Stephens
Date: 1903
Locations: Watson's Queen Anne Street House; A Cab; Theobald Road; Neville & Cushing Publishers' offices; 221B, Baker Street; Limehouse; 7, Leeside Alley
Story: Holmes's head has been stolen from Madame Tussaud's. When Watson is lured away by means of a forged note from Holmes (who had also received a similar note claiming to come from Watson), it is Mrs. Watson who deduces where the forger could have obtained handwriting samples. Holmes realises that Watson's abduction is part of a revenge plot against himself, and when he and Mrs. Watson meet the villain face to face it is their powers of disguise that enable them to save Watson.
"The Adventure of the Retiring Detective" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson; Irene Adler; Sherlock Holmes; (Godfrey Norton)
Other Characters: Randolph Harding Bowers; Simon Belfont; Cab Driver; John Hemmings; Belfont's Abductors; Belfont's Cabman; A Constable; Policemen; Sergeant Potts; Readers; Elderly Scholar; Bowers' Men
Locations: Watson's Queen Anne Street House; 221B, Baker Street; A Cab; Great Russell Street; The British Museum Library; Bow Street
Story: Watson reads in the papers that Irene Adler's body has been found in the Thames, yet when the Watsons call on Holmes, it is Irene who opens the door. Her life is threatened by Bowers, an American tycoon and politician who was being investigated by Godfrey Norton before his death. Norton's notebooks containing the evidence he had gathered were sent to Belmont, a friend in London, but the man has disappeared along with the notebooks. Mrs. Watson takes Irene home, but Belfont is there, badly beaten by Bowers's men, he gives a cryptic clue to the notebook's location. Mrs. Watson is able to uncover the notebook's whereabouts but the case's conclusion leads to Holmes announcing his retirement.

"The Adventure of the Ripper's Scrawl" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson; Sherlock Holmes; Watson's Maid; Mrs. Hudson (Martha)
Historical Characters: Melville MacNaghten; Jack The Ripper
Other Characters: MacNaghten's Guests; Lord Rodger Wilby; Vurczak; A Constable; Dr. Thedgehughes; Galahad Arnaught; Sir Robert Blamefort; Francis Notting; Cab Driver; Wilby's Servant; Vuczak's Son
Date: 1901 (?)
Locations: Chelsea; MacNaghten's House; Watson's Queen Anne Street House; 221B, Baker Street; A Cab; Mayfair; Wilby's House
Story: At a party to celebrate his appointment as head of the CID MacNaghten tells the Watsons that Holmes has not spoken to him for twelve years, saying he will only do so when he can tell him the name of Jack The Ripper. MacNaghten is called from the party to investigate a Ripper-like murder, the first of a series, this time of well-to-do men. Holmes calls Mrs. Watson to assist him in a deciphering of the "Juwes" message, which he has always believed to be the key to the mystery. Later, at home, she realises that the message has a very different interpretation to that put forward by Holmes, and points to there being another victim in the current series of murders. With Holmes & Watson she travels to the man's home where the connections between the two sets of murders and the truth behind the Ripper are made clear, and Holmes exercises his own form of justice.
"The Adventure of the Three Verners" (2000)
Included in: The Adventures of the Second Mrs Watson (Michael Mallory)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Dr. Watson; Watson's Maid; Mycroft Holmes; (Dr. Verner)
Other Characters: Elizabeth Newington; Dennistoun Peale; Montague Verner; Hermione Verner; Douglass Verner; Caroline Erskine; Caldwell; Colin Erskine; Inspector Laurie
Date: 1905
Locations: Watson's Queen Anne Street House; Tudor Street; Peale's office; Scotland Yard; Erskine's Shop
Story: Mrs. Watson learns from a solicitor that she was adopted by her supposed parents and has been left a substantial amount in his will by her real father, Montague Verner. After the reading of the will she is lured back to the solicitor's office and threatened by a large man to give up her claim to the inheritance. She eventually realises the identity of the man. Later, she learns from Watson that Holmes, too, is related to the Verners.
"The Beast of Guangming Peak" (2004)
Included in: Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years (Michael Kurland)
Story Type: Third Person Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes (Greison / Sigerson); The Head Lama
Folkloric Characters: (The Yeti)
Historical Characters: (Eric Shipton; Michael Ward)
Other Characters: Colonel Colin Mackay; Cynthia; Military Pensioners; Glendower; Rooney; Rimpoche Chatang; Captain Sir George Lennox; Patrick Foss; Ang; Sangwa; Passang; (Nimu; Lhamu)
Date: December, 1951 & May, 1892
Locations: A Retirement Home; Tibet; (Bei Peak; Guangming Peak)
Story: In his retirement home in 1951 Colonel Mackay sees a newspaper photograph of a yeti footprint, it reminds him of when he was nineteen and in Tibet: separated from his party while trying to trace the source of a mysterious call he encounters the explorer Greison who is looking for the Sherpa Nimu who was guiding Mackay's expedition. Mackay tells him that Nimu has been killed by a yeti. Mackay realises that Greison is really the Norwegian explorer Sigerson. Greison gets Mackay back to his camp. Another Sherpa is killed and Greison's guide disappears. Greison uncovers the secret behind the deaths. The photo in the newspaper may reveal the fate of one of the members of the expedition.
Murder in the Bath (2004)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson (Amelia Pettigrew); Watson's Maid (Missy Trelawny); Dr Watson; (Mary Morstan; Mycroft Holmes)
Other Characters: Cult of Cam; George Frankham; Bella Standish; Lexius Fielding; Train Conductor; Bath Stationmaster; Cab Drivers; Elizabeth Grimes; PC Richter; Reporters; Grocer; Geoffrey Creach; Pump Room Attendant; Street Musician; Painters; Gaol Constables; Inspector James McCallum; Ronald Standish; Mr Bryce; Peter Poole; J. Allardice; Timothy Dawes; Kitty Cornwell; Shepherd; Edgar; Lord Beckham; Lynds; Cart Driver; Sergeant Quinlan; Nurse & Child; Peter Wellins; Sergeant; (Felicity; Lord D'Arbany; Mrs Blethyn)
Date: 19 April - ?, 1905
Locations: A Wood outside Bath; Bath; Stall Street; The Great Bath; 17, Queen Anne Street; Paddington Station; Bath Station; The Roman Hotel; Albert Street; Standish Residence; The Pump Room; The Royal Crescent; Ashdown Crescent; City Gaol; Frankham Residence; Argyle Street; Lending Library; Old Road; Beckham's Abbey; Allardice's Shop; Sydney Gardens
Story: During a pagan ritual, Frankham calls down damnation on the architect Standish. He is murdered in the Great Bath after answering a cry of distress on his way home. When Standish is charged with the murder, his wife, a former nursery charge, writes to Mrs Watson, asking her to persuade Holmes to prove his innocence. With Holmes away in pursuit of Irene Adler's killers, Mrs Watson travels to Bath to solve the case herself. The two men, she learns had argued obver an archaeological site uncovered while Standish was digging to build a patio for Frankham. Her trip to the gaol to visit Standish with his lawyer is disrupted when they learn that Standish has escaped. She leaves Missy, her maid, posing as Bella Standish at the Standish's house, while she smuggles Bella back to her hotel. A gold medallion, a burned photograph and a few scrawled letters provide clues, and a cycle ride to a gothic abbey information about the god Cam and his worshippers. Watson arrives, angry at her presence in Bath, and explains its connections with Mary Morstan. A photographer is killed and the Watsons come under suspicion before this murder, too, is blamed on Standish. Some photographic plates and a button in a portrait help to clear up the mystery, but the Watsons find their lives at stake before justice is done.

"The Riddle of the Young Protestor" (2003)
Included in: My Sherlock Holmes (Michael Kurland)
Story Type: Pastiche narrated by the Second Mrs. Watson
Canonical Characters: Mrs. Watson; Watson's Maid; Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Historical Characters: (Duke of Monmouth)
Other Characters: Harry Benbow; Mr. Chippenham; Phaeton Driver; Chippenham's Staff; Jane Ramsay; Charles Ramsay; Mary Ramsay; British Museum Visitors; Librarian; Cab Driver; Policemen
Locations: 17, Queen Anne Street; Mayfair; Edward Chipenham & Co. Showrooms; Oxford Street; British Museum Reading Room; A Hansom Cab; Lambeth; Ramsay's House; (Seven Dials)
Story: Mrs. Watson is approached by an old friend, Benbow, now working for a firm of antique dealers, who asks her to help decipher an ancient riddle that has been brought to him by a client. Following a series of historical clues, she comes to realise that the secret lies in London's changing geography, and dates back to the time of James II. When Benbow's client disappears, she and Benbow are taken prisoner by the woman's husband. It is only the lucky intervention of Holmes that prevents him from killing them both. When she finally deciphers the riddle fully, she decides to keep its solution a secret.