This long-awaited volume finally brings to light several cases of the world's most famous consulting detective that were originally suppressed to avoid scandal and embarrassment to the Crown, public figures, or to Holmes himself. Now, the truth is finally revealed regarding Holmes's exploits involving the Titanic, his rematch with Irene Adler, the childhoods of both Holmes and Watson, and such figures as Ida Tarbell, P.G. Wodehouse, and James McNeil Whistler. The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is a cornucopia of Sherlockian that will delight fans young and not-so-young.

Contents:

• Introduction: The Startling Discovery of Dr. Watson’s Confidential Papers by Marvin Kaye
• Delicate Business
  • The Darlington Substitution Scandal by Henry Slesar
  • The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman by H. Paul Jeffers
  • The Adventure of the Noble Husband by Peter Cannon
  • The Case of the Woman in the Cellar by Pat Mullen
  Desperate Business
  • The Adventure of the Boulevard Assassin by Kathleen Brady
  • The Case of the Ancient British Barrow by Terry McGarry
  • The Adventure of the Dying Ship by Edward D. Hoch
  • The Revenge of the Fenian Brotherhood by Carole Buggé
  My Blushes, Watson!
  • The Affair of the Counterfeit Countess by Craig Shaw Gardner
  • The Woman by Aline Myette-Volsky
  • The Little Problem of the Grosvenor Square Furniture Van (ascribed to Arthur Stanley Jefferson) by Patrick LoBrutto
  À la Recherche du Temps Perdu
  • A Ballad of the White Plague by P. C. Hodgell
  • The Adventure of Vanderbilt and the Yeggman by Roberta Rogow
  • The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes by Shariann Lewitt
  • The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle by Jay Sheckley