My Sherlock Holmes : untold stories of the great detective

For Over A Century, Readers Have Thrilled To The Exploits Of Sherlock Holmes Through The Tales Narrated By His Sidekick And Official Chronicler, Dr. John Watson. But Do Dr. Watson's Tales Really Tell The True Story Of The Great Detective? In This Collection Of Thirteen Original Tales, Each Told By A Side Character In The Original Canon, Ranging From The Famous (irene Adler, Professor James Moriarty, And Mycroft Holmes) To The Decidedly Minor (billy The Page Boy, Wiggins Of The Baker Street Irregulars, And Both Mrs. Watsons), Readers Finally Get To Hear Another Side Of The Legend. From What Inspector Lestrade Really Thought Of Holmes To The Untold Tale Of His Encounter With Dr. Fu Manchu, From The Bitter Reminiscences Of Him By C. Auguste Dupin To The Thoughts Of His Longtime Landlady Mrs. Hudson, The Totality Of The Veil Of Mystery Over The Legend That Is Sherlock Holmes Is At Last Removed. With Stories From Barbara Hambly, Cara Black, Peter Tremayne, And Michael Kurland, Among Others, My Sherlock Holmes Is A Unique And Compelling Entry Into The Literature Of The World's Most Famous Detective. Introduction -- Incident Of The Impecunious Chevalier (m. Dupin) / Richard Lupoff -- Dollmaker Of Marigold Walk (first Mrs. Watson) / Barbara Hambly -- Adventure Of Forgotten Umbrella (james Phillimore) / Mel Gilden -- Call Me Wiggins (wiggins, B.s.i.) / Norman Schreiber -- Mycroft's Great Game (mycroft Holmes) / Gary Lovisi -- Witch Of Greenwich (billy, The Page Boy) / Gerard Dole -- Years Ago And In A Different Place (professor James Moriarty) / Michael Kurland -- Mrs. Hudson Reminisces (mrs. Hudson) / Linda Robertson -- Cabaret Aux Assassins (irene Adler) / Cara Black -- Study In Orange (colonel Sebastian Moran) / Peter Tremayne -- Riddle Of The Young Protestor (second Mrs. Watson) / Michael Mallory -- Adventure Of The Celestial Snows (reginald Musgrave) / George Alec Effinger -- And The Others (giles Lestrade, Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond Von Ormstein, Bevis Stamford, Arthur Conan Doyle, James Mortimer) / C.d. Ewing -- About The Authors. Edited By Michael Kurland.

For over a century, readers have thrilled to the exploits of Sherlock Holmes as told from the point of view of Dr. Watson. But do Watson's tales really tell the true story of the Great Detective? In this collection of thirteen original tales, each narrated by a side character from the original canon, another side of the legend is revealed. From what Inspector Lestrade really thought about Holmes to Holmes' untold encounter with the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, from the bitter reminiscences of C. Auguste Dupin to the thoughts of his long-term landlady, Mrs. Hudson, the long-standing veil of mystery over Sherlock Holmes is finally lifted.

From the imaginations of Barbara Hambly, Cara Black, Peter Tremayne, Richard Lupoff, and Michael Kurland, among others, another side of the famous fictional detective is finally revealed.

It was not by choice but by necessity that I continued to read by oil lamp rather than arranging for the installation of the new gas lighting.