King, Laurie R. The Beekeeper's Apprentice, New York, St Martin's, 1994 and A Monstrous Regiment of Women, New York, St Martin's, 1995. Set after Holmes's retirement, in 1914 and 1920 respectively, these are the investigations of Mary Russell who becomes Holmes's protegée.
Kurland, Michael. The Infernal Device, New York: Signet Books, 1978; London, New English Library, 1979. Set in 1885, it brings Holmes and Moriarty together against a common enemy.
Kurland, Michael. Death by Gaslight, New York, Signet Books, 1982.
Lloyd-Taylor, A. "The Wine Merchant", Sherlock Holmes Journal, Winter 1959. A faithful attempt to recreate one of the early cases.
Lumb, Tony. Sherlock Holmes and the Featherstone Policeman, Feather-stone, Yorkshire, Briton Press, 1993; and Sherlock
Holmes and the White Lady of Featherstone, Featherstone, Yorkshire, Briton Press, 1995. Two totally apocryphal cases set in 1893 and 1904 and involving Holmes in two local historical incidents.
Meyer, Nicholas. The Seven Per-Cent Solution. New York, Dutton, 1974; London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1975. A totally apocryphal novel in which Holmes and Sigmund Freud collaborate.
Meyer, Nicholas. TheWest-End Horror. NewYork, Dutton, 1976; London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1976. Holmes investigates murders in London's theatreland.
Meyer, Nicholas. The Canary Trainer. New York, Norton, 1993. An apocryphal novel set after Holmes's feigned death in 1891. He becomes involved in Paris with the Phantom of the Opera. See also Siciliano's The Angel of the Opera.
Michaud, Rosemary. Sherlock Holmes and the Somerset Hunt, Romford, Ian Henry, 1993. An early tale set in 1883 and quite possible an authentic case.
North, John. Sherlock Holmes and the Arabian Princess, Romford, Ian Henry, 1990; and Sherlock Holmes and the German Nanny, Romford, Ian Henry, 1990.
Pearsall, Ronald. Sherlock Holmes Investigates the Murder in Euston Square. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1989. Set
in 1879 the novel presents a series of reports of a murder and then lets Holmes loose on the case. Whilst it has all the appearance of an authentic case, the author's tendency to spoof spoils the overall effect.
Queen, Ellery. The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, Boston, Little, Brown, 1944. The earliest anthology of pastiches
and parodies, most of them apocryphal but including a few tantalizing items.
Resnick, Mike and Greenberg, Martin H. (editors). Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, New York, DAW Books, 1995. An anthology of twenty-six all new Holmes stories, most of them with a science-fiction or fantasy base and all apocryphal. It includes the excellent story "The Case of the Detective's Smile" by Mark Bourne which is so delightful that it ought to be true.
Roberts, Barrie. Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac. London, Constable, 1994; Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail, London, Constable, 1995; and Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell, London, Constable, 1997. Three potentially authentic novels though the author himself states he cannot vouch for certain.
Roberts S.C. "The Death of Cardinal Tosca", Sherlock Holmes Journal, June 1953. A purportedly authentic recreation of one of the unrecorded cases. Roberts also wrote The Strange Case of the Megatherium Thefts, Cambridge, privately printed, 1945, which is reprinted in Green's The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Rosenkjar, Pat. "The Adventure of the Persecuted Millionaire", Studies in Scarlet, December 1965; and "The Little Affair of the Vatican Cameos", Baker Street Pages, August-September 1965. Fairly faithful attempts to recreate two unrecorded cases.
Sicilian, Sam. The Angel of the Opera, New York: Otto Penzler Books, 1994. An entirely apocryphal but highly enjoyable novel in which Holmes encounters the Phantom of the Opera. See also Meyer's The Canary Trainer.
Smith, Denis O. The Adventure of the Purple Hand, private, 1982; The Adventure of the Unseen Traveller, Newport Pagnell, Diogenes, 1983; The Adventure of the Zodiac Plate, Diogenes, 1984; The Secret of Shoreswood Hall, Diogenes, 1985 and The Adventure of the Christmas Visitor, Diogenes, 1985. Faithful accounts of unrecorded cases that suggest a strong air of authenticity.
Starrett, Vincent. The Unique Hamlet, Chicago, private, 1920. A recognized classic with all the hall marks of an authentic case. This is reprinted in Ellery Queen's Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes and in Starrett's own The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (University of Chicago Press, 1960).
Symons, Julian. "How a Hermit was Disturbed in his Retirement" in The Great Detectives, London, Orbis, 1981; New York, Abrams, 1981; also reprinted as "The Adventure of Hillerman Hall". Wherein an aged Holmes is visited by a young Miss Marple. Obviously apocryphal, but delightful none the less.
Taylor, John. The Unopened Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, London, BBC Books, 1993. Six apocryphal stories adapted by the author from his BBC radio series. "The Wandering Corpse", "The Battersea Worm", "The Paddington Witch,", "The Phantom Organ", "The Devil's Tunnel" and "The Horror of Hanging Wood".
Thomson, June. The Secret Files of Sherlock Holmes, London: Constable, 1990. Seven stories based on the unchronicled cases, all prefixed "The Case of…": "The Vanishing Head-Waiter", "The Amateur Mendicants", "The Remarkable Worm". "The Exalted Client", "The Notorious Canary Trainer", "The Itinerant Yeggman" and "The Abandoned Lighthouse". This and the next two volumes contain some of the best Sherlockian pastiches and have the ring of authenticity, though several are clearly apocryphal.
Thomson, June. The Secret Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes, London: Constable, 1992. Seven more stories: "The Paradol Chamber", "The Hammersmith Wonder", "The Maplestead Magpie", "The Harley Street Specialist", "The Old Russian Woman", "The Camberwell Poisoning" and "The Sumatran Rat".
Thomson, June. The Secret Journals of Sherlock Holmes, London: Constable, 1993. Seven further cases: "The Millionaire's Persecution", "The Colonel's Madness", "The Addleton Tragedy", "The Friesland Outrage", "The Shopkeeper's Terror", "The Smith-Mortimer Succession" and "The Maupertuis Scandal".
Thomson June Holmes and Watson. London, Constable, 1995. A well considered biography of the duo based solely on the writings of Watson.
Whitaker, Arthur. "The Case of the Man Who Was Wanted", Cosmpolitan, August 1948; also reprinted as "The Adventure of the Sheffield Banker". A story once mistakenly believed to have been by Conan Doyle but which is clearly apocryphal.
Williamson, J.N. (editor). The Illustrious Client's Case-Book (edited with H.B. Williams), Indianapolis, Illustrious Clients, 1948, and The Illustrious Client's Second Case-Book, Indianapolis, Illustrious Clients, 1949. A collection of pastiches of spurious authenticity. Include recreations of "The Terrible Death of Crosby the Banker" and "The Adventure of the Politician, the Lighthouse, and the Trained Cormorant."
Wilson, Alan. "The Adventure of the Tired Captain", Sherlock Holmes Journal, Winter 1958-Spring 1959; and "The Adventure of the Paradol Chamber", Sherlock Holmes Journal, Spring-Winter 1961. Two faithful and possibly authentic recreations of unrecorded cases.
Wolfe, Sebastian (editor). The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes, London, Xanadu, 1989. Anthology of fourteen apocryphal pastiches, parodies and spoofs. All are reprints except "The Affair of the Midnight Midget" by Ardath Mayhar.
The Contributors
Stephen Baxter, "The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor". Since his first novel, Raft, in 1991, Stephen Baxter (b. 1957) has established himself in the front rank of British writers of science fiction. His related novels include Timelike Infinity, Flux, Ring and the collection Vacuum Diagrams. One of his most popular books was The Time Ships, a sequel to H.G. Wells's The Time Machine and it is Baxter's interest in Wells that resulted in his story in this collection, which is a fully fledged murder mystery and not science fiction.