The Sherlock Holmes Stories

by Edward D. Hoch · 1999

A dozen marvelous tales of deduction featuring history’s most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, written by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Edward D. Hoch. Set five months after The Adventure of the Speckled Band, Holmes and Watson return to Stoke Moran where an heiress’s guardian has trapped her with a deadly Indian swamp adder. Holmes must decide whether the rumored snake or a deceitful gypsy poses the greater danger. Across the collection, Hoch resurrects Holmes in short stories where the detective confronts circus tigers, Druidic curses, and a pair of Christmas killings, delivering classic Victorian‑era mystery in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.