Beyond Watson: A Sherlock Holmes Anthology of Stories Not Told by Dr. John H. Watson by Derrick Belanger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
12 Holmes stories narrated by other than Dr Watson
1 Mrs Hudson's Lodger - Her first meeting with Holmes in 1877
2 The Tarleton Affair - 1878 Josiah Wakeley, solicitor, wishes to prevent a crime
3 The Mortal Condition - Lestrade while waiting for a criminal reflects on Holmes and Watson
4 Some Notes Upon the Mztter of John Douglas - Sebastian Moran in prison in 1894 reflects upon the past and Ted Baldwin's association with the Professor
5 The Curse of Cairgannham - Reporter Larkin Cobb and the masked man
6 The Tiger's Master - Violet Thane, née Hunter, involves Holmes in the problem of the Joneses
7 Kidnapped - ex-mudlark Rusty Russell has gone missing, feared kidnapped, but why.
8 The Adventure of the White Cedar Hotel - Holmes is approached by servant, Percival Tremayne because he is concerned about the events at the hotel and the owner.
9 An Adventure in the Midday Sun - 14 year old Raymond Chandler is working as a pageboy for Holmes and helps in the retrieval of diamonds.
10 A Lesson in Mercy - Winston Churchill looks back to his 14 year old self at Harrow where he is accused of theft. Enter Holmes.
11 The Lost Equation - Why did not Steve Addington's equation of relativity appear in public before Einstein's publication.
12 Yes, Virginia, There is a Sherlock Holmes - Bert Proven her intends to prove that Holmes really does exist to a young Virginia, reader of the Holmes stories.
An entertaining and well-written set of Holmes short stories
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