Wiggins: Son of Sherlock

Wiggins: Son of Sherlock
Author: Dorothy Ellen Palmer
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2021-03-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1787057240

On New Year's Day 1891, Sherlock Holmes summons the limping street urchin, Wiggins, to Baker Street and decrees he must die at dawn. Wiggins, however, has other plans. To fulfil the dying wish of his mother, Irene Adler, he schemes with his two formidable American aunties to keep two important facts from the great detective: Mrs. Hudson is actually his Aunt Grizelda, and he is both Holmes' child and a girl pretending to be a boy. Through a series of mysterious letters Adler bequeathed to Wiggins, the dark backstory of her parents and all their long-kept family secrets unravel. To flee the mad King of Bohemia trying to claim Wiggins as his heir, Holmes and Wiggins begin their Great Hiatus. From Mycroft to Moriarty, from Dr. John H. Watson to the Baker Street Irregulars, from P.T. Barnum to Jumbo the Elephant, Wiggins learns little is what it seems. Slowly learning to trust each other, Holmes and Wiggins travel from London to Reichenbach Falls to New York City to a small farm in Canada which holds the secrets of their family history. Together, they correct the errors in Watson’s tales, bond over Wiggins’ disability, drop their masquerades, and deduce a father and daughter future.

Wiggins: Son of Sherlock

Wiggins: Son of Sherlock
Author: Dorothy Ellen Palmer
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2021-03-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1787057259

On New Year’s Day 1891, Sherlock Holmes summons the limping street urchin, Wiggins, to Baker Street and decrees he must die at dawn. Wiggins, however, has other plans. To fulfil the dying wish of his mother, Irene Adler, he schemes with his two formidable American aunties to keep two important facts from the great detective: Mrs. Hudson is actually his Aunt Grizelda, and he is both Holmes’ child and a girl pretending to be a boy. Through a series of mysterious letters Adler bequeathed to Wiggins, the dark backstory of her parents and all their long-kept family secrets unravel. To flee the mad King of Bohemia trying to claim Wiggins as his heir, Holmes and Wiggins begin their Great Hiatus. From Mycroft to Moriarty, from Dr. John H. Watson to the Baker Street Irregulars, from P.T. Barnum to Jumbo the Elephant, Wiggins learns little is what it seems. Slowly learning to trust each other, Holmes and Wiggins travel from London to Reichenbach Falls to New York City to a small farm in Canada which holds the secrets of their family history. Together, they correct the errors in Watson’s tales, bond over Wiggins’ disability, drop their masquerades, and deduce a father and daughter future.

Death Is Always with Us

Death Is Always with Us
Author: M. L. Spurgeon
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2010-05
Genre: Johnson, John Holmes (Fictitious character)
ISBN: 1449095356

This book, death is Always With Us, is the fifth to be published in a series of John Holmes Johnson mysteries. It looks back at the background of John Holmes in order to clarify who he is and the key role played by an interesting roster of characters.during his childhood. These are the people, places and experiences that created the rare blend of characteristics that identify the man himself. He was born in London, raised in the South Downs between Lewes and Dover. The bright, inquisitive boy grew to be an intelligent, curious investigator of all sorts of mysteries. His boyhood is fraught with peril as he watches his family go through many man-instigated hells in the course of nine years. The nature of this book is such that it could quite easily have served as a Pre-quel to death is Belligerent, however, John Holmes himself pieced this material together himself, using notes left to him by his late Uncle John. Death is Always With Us is a unique mixture of personalities come together on a wide variety of life and death struggles, whose very scars built stronger than strong ties. You will meet them all in this book.

Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of the Sign of Four

Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of the Sign of Four
Author: Dennis Rosa
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1975
Genre: Detective and mystery plays
ISBN: 9780822210207

THE STORY: Sherlock Holmes fans everywhere will be familiar with this classic tale of stolen treasure and murder, in which Holmes and Watson (aided after a fashion by the bumbling Inspector Lestrade) are pitted for the first time against the diabol

The Case of the Baker Street Irregular

The Case of the Baker Street Irregular
Author: Robert Newman
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2014-12-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1497685966

A mysterious, broken-nosed cabby, a beautiful actress, and a villainous art heist have one thing in common—but the only one man who knows what it is has methods that are a little, shall we say . . . irregular Late Victorian London: home to gas streetlights, bands of ragged urchins, and now, young Andrew Craigie, who recently arrived from a tiny Cornwall village with his stern guardian, Mr. Dennison. At first the city feels dark and unwelcoming, but just around the corner is bustling Baker Street, where Andrew meets his first friend, Sara. Before long, London becomes downright interesting. But things get a little too exciting one night when Mr. Dennison doesn’t come home, and suddenly Andrew is on his own. Whom can he turn to in a strange city? Frantic, he goes to the tall, pipe-smoking, hat-wearing man at 221B, a man who Sara says is a famous detective—a man named Mr. Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes and the Crossbow Incident

Sherlock Holmes and the Crossbow Incident
Author: John Oros Sentesi
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2003-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1450080561

Sherlock Holmes was the creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, a British medical doctor, in a novel written in 1887. It became the prototype for a host of private detectives to appear on the literary scene in years to come. The novel where Holmes made his appearance was A Study in Scarlet, and over a period of forty years, Doyle wrote sixty stories about the consulting, private detective. Because of burgeoning popularity, selected adventures of Sherlock Holmes were presented on stage, in motion pictures, and in the 1930s heyday of radio. As counterparts to Holmes, are his loyal helpmate and chronicler, Doctor John H. Watsona well-intentioned and sometime, hapless bungler; Police Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard, and Holmes nemesis, the diabolical, brilliant master criminal, Professor Moriarty

The Poisoned Penman

The Poisoned Penman
Author: Dan Andriacco
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014-04-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780926359

London, 1922: Two years after helping Sherlock Holmes solve the Hangman Murders, American journalist Enoch Hale becomes even more intimately involved in another puzzling mystery. Langdale Pike, veteran purveyor of gossip to the trash newspapers, is poisoned while sipping tea with Hale - and apparently just as he is about to spill a secret more important than social gossip. With the unrequested aid of advertising copywriter Dorothy Sayers, Hale pursues a number of leads based on notes in Pike's pocket diary - including an interview with the formidable G.K. Chesterton. His attempts to uncover the identity of one of Pike's fellow club membersbring Hale the unwanted attention of Mycroft Holmes, head of His Majesty's Secret Service, and of his younger brother. Once again Enoch Hale and the theoretically retired but far from retiring Sherlock Holmes join forces to solve a crime that may have international complications. And this time Hale himself almost becomes a victim when he gets too close to the solution. This fast-moving tale is sure to please themany fans of the first Enoch Hale - Sherlock Holmes adventure, The Amateur Executioner.

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Revenge from the Grave

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Revenge from the Grave
Author: David Stuart Davies
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2022-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1789097932

A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the return of the sinister Moriarty gang... When Professor James Moriarty plunged over the Reichenbach Falls the world believed that Sherlock Holmes was also dead. Three years later, Holmes has returned – but so, too, has a deadly threat. With Moriarty’s criminal empire still very much alive, Holmes and Watson are forced to ask themselves if their greatest foe really did perish…

When Fenelon Falls

When Fenelon Falls
Author: Dorothy Ellen Palmer
Publisher: Coach House Books
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2006-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 177056277X

It's the summer of 1969, and as mankind takes its giant leap, Jordan May March, disabled bastard and genius, age fourteen, limps and schemes her way towards adulthood. Trapped at the family cottage, she spends her days memorizing Top 30 hits, avoiding her cousins and plotting to save the bear caged at the top of March Road. When Fenelon Falls will take you to a time and place that was never as idyllic as it seemed.

The Bird and the Buddha

The Bird and the Buddha
Author: A S Croyle
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2016-06-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1780929382

It is 1878, and Dr. Poppy Stamford has reluctantly rekindled her relationship with Sherlock Holmes. Though it has been almost four years since they parted on uneasy terms and he continues to suppress his feelings for her, they are still intrigued and inspired—and frustrated—by each other. When her beloved uncle is arrested in relation to a series of murders near the British Museum, Poppy and the burgeoning detective set out to find the evidence to set him free. Can they track down the real killer in time to save Uncle Ormond from the rope? In the latest adventure of Poppy Stamford and Sherlock Holmes, the two not only uncover secret societies, but find themselves soul-searching to clarify their beliefs about an array of moral issues including euthanasia and the death penalty . . . as well as their feelings toward one another.