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Denis O. Smith

"The Adventure of the Brown Box" (2008)
Included in: Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot (David Stuart Davies)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Athelney Jones; (Mrs Hudson's Maid)
Other Characters: Agnes Montague; Ship Inn Manager; Wharncliffe Crescent Crowd; Policeman; Mrs Loveday; (Victor Furnival; Agnes's Father; Mrs Eardley; Furnival's Neighbour; Captain Jex; Captain David McNeill; Doctor; Grindley & Leggatt; Bar Customers; Soldiers; Witnesses; Prosecutor; Defense Counsel; Jury; Clerk)
Date: September / Two Years Later
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Norwood; Wharncliffe Crescent; Charing Cross Station; Greenwich; Old Ship Inn; The West Indies; St Anthony; Trianna Bay; Harbour Bar; Furnival's Plantation; Jamaica; Courtroom; Halifax Islan Penal Colony; Norwood Station
Story: Holmes is consulted by Agnes Montague, whose uncle, Victor Furnival, a collector of exotic curios, has apparently died of fright at his breakfast table, after opening a carved wooden box received in the morning post. The following day she was visited by Captain Jex, an acquaintance of her uncle from the West Indies. She returned from making tea to find him unconscious on the floor, with the open box beside him. Holmes and Watson find that Jex has moved on from his Greenwich lodgings, and when they arrive at Furnival's house they find Athelney Jones waiting with the news that Furnival's sister has died there. A search of the room reveals the box's occupant. Investigations by Jones reveal that Holmes's chief suspect has been dead for twelve years, and his secondary one for over a year. The case remains unsolved for two years, until a letter arrives from one of the dead men.
"The Adventure of the Purple Hand" (1982)
(Written as D.O. Smith)
Included in: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Richard Lancelyn Green)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs. Hudson
Other Characters: Mark Pringle; Laetitia (Wadham) Pringle; John Dobson; Helen Dobson; Drowned Assassin; Station-Trap Driver; John Aloysius Wadham; Helen (Montgomery) Wadham; Serbian Assassin; (James Green; Arthur Pendleton)
Date: June, 1890
Locations: Portman Square; 221B, Baker Street; Low Meadow, between Staines & Laleham; A Hansom; A Train; Staines
Story: Mark Pringle, a malaria-suffering tea importer, tells Holmes of a series of incidents - an overheard conversation between his wife and a stranger, a figure seen crossing his garden after dark, and a five-fingered purple handprint that has appeared on the garden wall. Some weeks later Laetitia, his wife hires a gardener, Dobson, who moves into a cottage in the grounds of Pringle's home, with his wife. Pringle notices another purple handprint on the gardener's cottage wall, and later becomes annoyed that the man seems to be doing no work around the place. One evening he catches his wife and Dobson in an embrace, although she explains that Dobson has sprained his ankle and she is helping him home. He also becomes concerned at the overly familiar relationship building between his wife and Helen Dobson. He tries to dismiss the Dobsons, but his wife persuades him not to. Some time later he again sees a figure in the garden, later still he receives a letter bearing the purple handprint. The following day Watson reads of the body of a man, with a bottle of ink in his pocket, found in the Thames near Pringle's home. As they journey to Low Meadow, Holmes tells Watson of a Balkan secret society, the Seven-Fingered Hand. They arrive too late to prevent tragedy, and are unable to prevent the ultimate escape of the villain.
"The Adventure of the Richmond Horror" (1999)
Included in: Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot (David Stuart Davies); Sherlock Magazine
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson
Other Characters: David Boldero; Silas Boldero; Mary "Mad Mary" Ingram; (Simon Boldero; Boldero's Father; Simon Boldero's Housekeeper; Beatrice Underwood; Samuel Boldero; Daniel Boldero; Jonathan Boldero; Mrs Boldero; Rachel Boldero; Mrs Underwood; Mr Farrow; Redfearn; Newsagent; Thomas Evans; E.J. Archbould; Violet Evans; R.S. Baker; Richmond Police-Inspector; Mr Underwood)
Date: Early Spring, 1884
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Waterloo Station; Richmond; Richmond Station; Hotel; Richmond Hill; Newsagent's; Hill House; (Lincoln's Inn; Farrow & Redfearn's Offices; Registry of Wills; Cheapside; Butler's Court; Valentine, Zelley & Knight's Offices)
Story: Holmes is consulted by Boldero, whose brother has disappeared, and who suspects that his cousin Silas may be behind the disappearance. Having visited the miserly Silas's home in Richmond, he almos plunged to his death through a door in his room which opened onto nothing, and below which slithering sounds could be heard. Holmes and Watson travel to Richmond with Boldero, where they encounter a mad charwoman and an African crocodile.
"The Adventure of the Silver Buckle" (1997)
Included in: The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures (Mike Ashley)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; The Grice Patersons (Alexander & Donald)
Other Characters: Murdoch MacLeod; The MacGlevin; Dr. Oliphant; Angus Johnstone; Fergus Johnstone; Hamish Morton; Mrs. Morton; Mrs. Baird Duthie; Constable MacPherson; Wattie; hotel servants; constables; Charlie Henderson; Mary Monteith; (Mrs. Formartine)
Date: Late Summer, 1887
Locations: Scotland; Kilbuie; Loch Echil Hotel; Loch Echil; the Island of Uffa
Story: Fearing the state of Holmes' health, Watson persuades him to take a holiday in Scotland. A few days into the stay, fellow guests, the Johnstones, report a fishing calamity, and another guest, Morton, states that his boat sank while he was fishing. The hotelier, Murdoch MacLeod, says that this has been an unlucky season, a female guest fell down the stairs, and another lost a valuable brooch. The Grice Patersons arrive shortly thereafter, and tell of their visit to the Island of Uffa in the loch, and their encounter with a strange figure, which MacLeod believes was the mysterious "Black Pig", their visit to the Laird's museum, and the mystery of their disappearing, and then re-appearing dinghy. The following morning the Laird of Uffa arrives at the hotel, accusing the Grice Patersons of having stolen the MacGlevin Buckle. Holmes & Watson set out for the island to investigate.
"The North Walk Mystery" (2008)
Included in: Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot (David Stuart Davies)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs Hudson; (Anstruther)
Other Characters: Jarvey; Police Constable; Strand Crowd; Inspector David Stoddard; Thomas Mason; Sir Gilbert Cheshire, Q.C.; Temple Policemen; Oliver Brown; Stephen Lewis; Elijah Smith; London Bridge Policemen; (Sir John Hawkesworth, Q.C.; Dr J Gibbon; Edmund of Essex; Grand Commander of the Knights Templar; Sir Gilbert's Colleagues; Philip Ormerod; Sir George Lewis; Stephen Lewis's Friends; Peter Russell; Russell's Doctor; Mr Justice Nellington; Lord Justice Beningfield; Mason's Friend; Mrs Mason; Police Doctor)
Date: 26th (a week-day) of a month late in a year when Holmes had been in practise less than ten years.
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; The Strand; The Inner Temple; The North Walk; Cheshire's Chambers; Newgate Prison; Carey Street; Holborn Viaduct; London Bridge
Story: From Watson's cigar and book, Holmes deduces that Anstruther is postponing his holiday, and is bemoaning the lack of cases, when he is summoned to the Inner Temple by Stoddard. Sir Gilbert Cheshire, Q.C. has been murdered on the North Walk of the Inner Temple, at the site of a similar murder, on a similar foggy night, ten years previously, and of the murder of a Templar Knight in 1285. The dying man named the previous murder victim, a nephew of whose is a junior in his chambers, before he died. Upstairs they discover forced doors and searched papers. After Holmes gets all involved to sign their statements, he is able to bring a concusion to both cases, but it is the murderer who metes out justice.