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"The Case of the Abandoned Lighthouse" (1990)
Included in: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mycroft Holmes; (The Politician (Hugo Callister)
Other Characters: Inspector Drury; Sergeant Cotty; Sergeant McGregor; Margretha Crew; Maurice Callister; Constable; Miss Mai; Portswithin Police; Zeiss; journalists; Archie Beal
(Special Messenger; Roderick Jeffreys; Sir Douglas Callister; Count Rudolph von Schlabitz-Hoecker; Otto von Schlabitz-Hoecker; Drury's Men; Japanese Overseas Trade Minister; Driver; Holmes's Paris Friend; Pierre Leblanc)
Date: July, Between 1902 & 1907
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Diogenes Club; Paddington Station; Train; Cornwall; Penzance; Coastguard's Cottage; St Auban; Fisherman's Arms Inn; Penhiddy Bay; Penhiddy Point; The Firs; Portswithin; Coroner's Court; Watson's Queen Anne Street Rooms; Bayswater Hotel
Story: At the Diogenes Club, Mycroft tells Holmes and Watson of a new submarine, a development of the Bruce-Partington model. He believes that one of the scientists, brother of a pacifist politician, is passing details of the submarine to a boyhood friend engaged in similar work in Germany. He sends Holmes and Watson to Cornwall, where the scientist, Maurice Callister, makes regular trips to the a family villa, where he has set up a lab in an abandoned lighthouse. In Cornwall they keep watch, along with the police team, on Callister's villa, the lighthouse, and a fishing boat anchored offshore, but Callister does little except fish and feed the birds. Holmes and the police storm the lighthouse, but Callister throws himself from the top, after releasing a cormorant from a wicker basket. Holmes arranges for the capture of Callister's accomplice, and the covering up of all that has happened.
"The Case of the Aluminium Crutch" (2004)
Included in: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Lestrade; Baker Street Irregulars; Wiggins
Other Characters: Whitey Johnson; George Bartlett; Rosie Bartlett; Holmes's Landlady; Samuel Greenbaum; Lestrade's Officers; Plain-Clothes Sergeant
Date: Late 1870s
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Notting Hill; Ladbroke Grove; Battersea; Fulham; North End Road; Scotland Yard
Story: Hearing from Lestrade that Whitey Johnson is dead, Holmes tells Watson the story of the aluminium crutch. While he was still living in Montague Street Holmes was asked by Lestrade to investigate a series of thefts from jewellers by a husband and wife team. In a number of the thefts the pursuit had been hampered by a man with a crutch. The Irregulars traced the thieves and Holmes took residence in the same street. Holmes suggests to Watson that the crutch played a larger role in the thefts than merely tripping pursuers. Watson, slower than the reader (he forgets all previous mentions of an aluminiumn crutch and suggests it was made of wood), cannot guess what Holmes means.
"The Case of the Amateur Mendicants" (1990)
Included in: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Stamford; Inspector Lestrade
Other Characters: Major Adolphus (Dolly) Venables; Teddy Venables; foreman; Mr. Littlejohn; Ikey Morrison; Lestrade's man; five young men; four streetwalkers; police officers; (Col. F.T. Fortescue-Lamb)
Date: 1887
Locations: Watson's home; 221B, Baker Street; Dorset Court; Titchbourne Street; Grace Street; a hansom cab, Cutler's Row; (Barts)
Story: Having made the acquaintance of an old friend from Afghanistan, Major Adolphus Venables, Watson is shocked on visiting him one evening, to see how ill he is looking. Venables tells Watson of his son Teddy, who has been sent down from Barts, and although he has had his allowance stopped, still seems to have plenty of money. Watson asks Holmes to investigate, and their investigations lead to a furniture warehouse with a very strange room in the basement.
"The Case of the Arnsworth Affair" (2004)
Included in: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Lestrade
Other Characters: Gilbert Arnsworth; Night Porter; Annie Davies / Nanette Pearl; Cab Driver; Lady Edith Arnsworth; Lestrade's Men; Norris
Date: Early Autumn
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Arnsworth's Hotel; Arnsworth Castle; Montague Street
Story: Reminded of it by the death of Lady Edith Arnsworth, Holmes tells Watson of a case from his Montague Street days. Gilbert Arnsworth had murdered Nanette Pearl in his hotel and fled back to Arnsworth Castle. Lestrade's men had searched the castle but failed to find him, so Lestrade called Holmes in. Accompanied by Norris, the butler, they search the castle and Holmes uses a familiar trick to flush out Arnsworth, only to have to pursue him through the castle.
"The Case of the Cardinal's Corpse" (2004)
Included in: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Inspector Alec MacDonald; Cardinal Tosca; Thurston
Other Characters: Father O'Shea; Mrs. Whiffen; Constable; Cab Driver; Policemen; Police Surgeon; Mr. Buskin; Jack Buskin; (Mrs. Potter)
Date: March, 1895
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Spitalfields, Paternoster Yard; Watson's Club; A Hansom Cab; Makepeace Court; Buskin's Builder's Yard
Story: O'Shea and Whiffen are sent to Holmes by Alec MacDonald to consult him over the disappearance of Cardinal Tosca from the St. Christopher's House hotel in Kensington. After hearing of the Cardinal's charitable work, which often brings him to London, Homes & Watson are called to Spitalfields, by MacDonald, where Tosca's body has been found, although there are no external injuries on it. Holmes examines the body, clothing and surroundings and it becomes clear that robbery was not the motive and that the body has been brought there from somewhere else. After analysing substances found on the Cardinal's shoes and clothes Holmes takes Watson to a builder's yard, where they learn about Tosca's past.
"The Case of the Exalted Client" (1990)
Included in: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Billy, Mrs. Hudson, (Mrs. Watson)
Other Characters: Margaret Elizabeth Helena, Duchess of Welbourne; Desk Clerk; Miss Gordon; Cab Driver; (Duke of Welbourne; Lord Paxton; the Duchess's companion)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; a hansom cab; Coventry Hotel, Newton Street; a four-wheeler; Carlton House Terrace
Story: Having deduced the identity of the sender of a letter received in the morning's post, Holmes proceeds to assist in the matter of a titled lady who is being blackmailed over the contents of a series of compromising letters.
"The Case of the Gustaffson Stone" (2004)
Included in: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson); Sherock Holmes: The Game's Afoot (David Stuart Davies)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; The Boy in Buttons
Other Characters: Count Erik von Lyngstrad / King Erik; Cab Driver; Imperial Doorkeeper; Waiter; Nils; Baron Kleist; Hotel Clerk; Kleist's Bodyguard; Middle-Aged Couple; Hotel Staff; Charlie Peak; Oscar; Igor; (Lyngstrad's Uncle; Cornelius F. Bradbury; Actress; Bieberbeck; Signor Valori)
Date: Early Autumn, Not long before Watson's marriage
Locations: Baker Street; 221B, Baker Street; Piccadilly; Hotel Imperial; Sydenham; Peak's House
Story: Holmes is aproached by Lyngstrad whose dead friend had given Kleist, a money lender, a family jewel as collateral on a loan. When the jewel was returned he realised that a replica had been substituted for the real jewel. Lyngstrad asks Holmes to switch the two stones, so that the fake will be sold to millionaire collector Bradbury who is due to meet Kleist in London. After the Count departs Holmes reveals that he was the King of Scandinavia. Holmes and Watson visit the Baron's hotel on a recce. They visit ex-burglar Peak for advice on picking the locks on the Baron's strongbox. They have to scale the outside of the hotel in order to enter the Baron's suite and retrieve the stone.
"The Case of the Itinerant Yeggman" (1990)
Included in: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs Hudson; (Jonas T.) Vanderbilt (Professor Angelo Galiano); The Yeggman; (Inspector Lestrade; Baker Street Maid; Baker Street Page)
Other Characters: Sir Edgar Maxwell-Browne; Sir Edgar's Coachman; Servant; Sir Edgar's Butler; Inspector Biffen; Police Constable; George Inn Head-Waiter; Railway Porter; Colonel Heath-Bennington; Inspector Gow; Gow's Men; (Sir Edgar's Servants; Biffen's Men; Postman; The Magpie; Telegraph Boy; Heath-Bennington's Servants; Heath-Bennington's Butler)
Date: June, 1895
Locations: Watson's Consulting Rooms; 221B, Baker Street; Trains; Great Walden Station; Little Walden; Whitestone Manor; The George Inn, Great Walden; Chatham; Huntswood Hall
Story: Holmes summons Watson to Baker Street when he is called on to investigate the latest in a series of country house burglaries. Two glasses of port were drunk during the robbery at Sir Edgar Maxwell-Browne's home, Whitestone Manor, in Suffolk. Holmes and Watson visit the house, and Sir Edgar recalls a visit from an American professor, Vanderbilt, some time previously. Holmes believes that the thefts are being made on the orders of a private collector, whom he dubs "The Magpie". Marks on a wall, questions at an inn, port glasses, Mrs Hudson's baking powder, and a rabbit's foot, help Holmes bring the culprits to justice at Huntswood Hall in Kent, but he fails to net the Magpie.
"The Case of the Manor House Mystery" (2004)
Included in: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Thurston; Adams; (Mycroft Holmes; Inspector Lestrade)
Other Characters: Edward Maitland; Reverend George Paget; Paget's Servant Girl; Mrs. Grafton; Edith Cresswell; Inspector Bulstone; Sergeant Cox; Two Constables; (Sir Reginald Maitland;Jordan; Dr. McFadden; Gardener's Boy; Mrs. Paget; Edwin Farrow; Mrs. Knight; Mrs. Knight's Solicitor; Mrs. Knight's Grandson; Arthur Crossman)
Date: Shortly before GREE
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Kent; Holbrook; The Vicarage; Holbrook Manor; A Train; Watson's Club; Victoria Station; Diogenes Club
Story: Edward Maitland has received a letter from his uncle, Sir Reginald, accusing him of sending him anonymous threatening letters. Maitland believes that Sir Reginald's manservant, Adams, is behind the letters. Holmes and Watson travel to Holbrook where they examine the letters, and unknown to Watson, Holmes consults brother Mycroft.
"The Case of the Notorious Canary-Trainer" (1990)
Included in: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs Hudson; Inspector Lestrade; Wilson, the Notorious Canary Trainer
Other Characters: Annie Hare; Parlourmaid; Cab-Drivers; Mr Palfrey; Wharf Street Duty Sergeant; Rosie Hare / Marguerite; Constables; Burlington Doorman; Mr Gough; Canary Club Girls; Canary Club Clientele; Attendants; Mrs Wilson / The Hon. Mrs Augustus Clyde-Bannister; Céline / Mary Sullivan; Waiter; Passers-by; Streetwalkers; Police Officers; Mrs Gough; Charing Cross Medical Staff
(Mr Duckham; Mrs Duckham; Mrs Harris; Carpenter; Bargeman; Georgette; Mimi; Arthur Mallinson; Mrs Mallinson; Canary Club Maids; Lizzie Hamilton)
Date: January, 1895
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; 14, Cadogan Crescent; Streatham; 26, Maplehurst Avenue; Streatham High Road; Palfrey & Dickinson's Offices; Wharf Street Police Station; Burlington Hotel, Piccadilly; The Canary Club, 45, Montrose Square; Montrose Street; Charing Cross Hospital; Prince's Street Police Station
Story: Holmes is consulted by Annie Hare, whose daughter, Rosie, has disappeared after being placed with the Duckham family by Mrs Clyde-Bannister of the Bellevue Domestic Agency. Lestrade brings news of a young woman found dead in the Thames, the second in six months. Enquiries lead Holmes and Watson to the Canary Club brothel.
"The Case of the Remarkable Worm" (1990)
Included in: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Isadora Persano; Inspector Lestrade; Mrs. Hudson
Other Characters: Senora Persano; Juan Alberdi; Mrs. O'Hara; Polly Atkins; Police Officers; Boy; Carlos Vicente Gasca; Constable
Date: August, "some time after my marriage to Miss Mary Morstan"
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; a four-wheeler; Kensington; a hansom cab; 14, Leverstock Avenue, Hampstead
Story: Watson's visit to Baker Street is interrupted by the arrival of Señora Persano, wife of Holmes's old friend, the journalist & duelist, Isadora. She takes them to her home in Kensington, where they find Persano, apparently quite mad, at his desk, with a matchbox in front of him containing a remarkable worm. Shortly thereafter he throws himself to his death from the window. Mrs. Persano is able to tell Holmes of a feud, begun in Mexico, with Carlos Vicente Gasca, a rich landowner, about whom Persano had written an exposé.
"The Case of the Upwood Scandal" (2004)
Included in: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Billy; Colonel Upwood; (Colonel Hayter)
Other Characters: Godfrey Sinclair; Nonpareil Flunkey; Butler; Club Members; Waiters; Eustace Gaunt; Card Players; Music Hall Performers; Count Rakoczi; Music Hall Chairman; Rakoczi's Assistant; John Franklin; Stage Door Keeper
Date: November ("not long after" HOUN)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; South Kensington; The Nonpareil Club; The Cambridge Music Hall; (Afghanistan; Kandahar)
Story: Sinclair, owner of the Nonpareil Club consults Holmes after two of his members, Upwood and Grant, have twice had large wins from carefully selected opponents. Holmes and Watson, under aliases, attend the Club on several Fridays to observe the two men. After assuring himself that there is indeed cheating going on, Holmes takes Watson to the Music Hall to bring an end to the case."The Case of the Upwood Scandal" (2004)
Included in: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Billy; Colonel Upwood; (Colonel Hayter)
Other Characters: Godfrey Sinclair; Nonpareil Flunkey; Butler; Club Members; Waiters; Eustace Gaunt; Card Players; Music Hall Performers; Count Rakoczi; Music Hall Chairman; Rakoczi's Assistant; John Franklin; Stage Door Keeper
Date: November ("not long after" HOUN)
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; South Kensington; The Nonpareil Club; The Cambridge Music Hall; (Afghanistan; Kandahar)
Story: Sinclair, owner of the Nonpareil Club consults Holmes after two of his members, Upwood and Grant, have twice had large wins from carefully selected opponents. Holmes and Watson, under aliases, attend the Club on several Fridays to observe the two men. After assuring himself that there is indeed cheating going on, Holmes takes Watson to the Music Hall to bring an end to the case.
"The Case of the Vanishing Barque" (2004)
Included in: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson); Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot (David Stuart Davies)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; The Sophy Anderson; Mary Morstan; Inspector Lestrade; Lestrade's Men; (Jackson)
Other Characters: Thomas Corbett / Joseph Nully; Harry Deakin; (Jamie McNeil; Duncan McNeil; Joseph Chafer / Michael Lofthouse; Sophy Anderson Crew; Morrison; Billy Wheeler; Newton; Injured Crewman; Reynolds; Tommy Brewster)
Date: April, 1889
Locations: Baker Street; 221B, Baker Street; Watson's Paddington Practice; A Cab; St. Katherine's Docks; Picott's Wharf; Aboard the Sophy Anderson; (Valparaiso; The Outer Hebrides; Duncraig; Rotterdam; Bergen; Mile End Road Hospital)
Story: Sailor Corbett tells Holmes of an insurance fraud pulled by the owners of the Sophy Anderson, which was supposed to have disappeared with all hands, but now sails under the name of Lucy Belle. The ship had had its appearance altered and the crew given new identities. During the ship's conversion, a deck-hand was killed, and now Corbett wanted the truth to be known. With the aid of an old house lease Holmes gets corroborating evidence for Corbett's story.
"The Case of the Vanishing Head-Waiter" (1990)
Included in: The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes (June Thomson)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; James Phillimore; Mrs. Hudson
Other Characters: Charles Nelson, Cora Page, Mrs. Bennet, Sammy Webb, Ellen
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Clapham; 17, Laburnham Grove; a cab; Battersea Bridge; A hansom; a train; Margate; 'Mon Repos'
Story: Holmes & Watson are visited by Charles Nelson and Cora Page, the domineering fiancée of head-waiter, James Phillimore. Nelson tells how, as on any other morning, he had called for his friend, Phillimore, on the way to work. Phillimore had said he could smell rain, gone back into his house for an umbrella and was never seen again. On questioning Mrs. Bennet, Phillimore's housekeeper, Holmes learns that he was a man of regular habits, never even taking a holiday, except for one week in Margate, on doctor's orders, after the death of his mother, and except for the fact that he had recently taken to locking his wardrobe.