The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures

Winter. 'The Case of the Demon Barber' by Ken Greenwald.

1897

January. 'The Abbey Grange'.

February. 'The Red Circle' and 'The Adventure of the Faithful Retainer.'

March. 'The Devil's Foot' which follows from Holmes's health suffering due to pressure of work. July. 'The Dancing Men'.

December. 'The Missing Three-Quarter'. This is also the likely date for 'The Silent Night Before Christmas' by Gene DeWeese, set at Christmas.

1898

April. 'A Trifling Affair' by H.R.F Keating.

May. 'The Egyptian Hall Adventure' [aka 'The Randolph Case'] by Val Andrews.

July/August. 'The Retired Colourman'. This case ran into the case of 'the two Coptic Patriarchs'.

1899

December. 'The Adventure of the Iron Box' by Ken Greenwald.

1900

February. 'The Case of the Suicidal Lawyer' based on 'The Abergavenny Murders' which is noted as coming up for trial at the start of 'The Priory School'.

May. 'The Six Napoleons', followed immediately by 'The Conk-Singleton Forgery Case'.

September. 'The Out-of-Date Murder' by Ken Greenwald.

1901

April. 'The Legacy of Rachel Howells.'

May. 'The Case of the Ferrers Documents' [written up as 'The Adventure of the Dark Angels' by Adrian Conan Doyle] and 'The Priory School'.

October. 'The Problem of Thor Bridge', a case which followed a month of trivialities and stagnation. This case refers to earlier cases which are undated but which probably happened during the 1890s and include 'The Disappearance of the cutter Alicia', and the fate of 'Isadora Persano' with its worm unknown to science [written up as 'The Case of the Remarkable Worm' by June Thomson set some time after Watson's first marriage].

1902

Spring. 'Sherlock Holmes and the Arabian Princess' by John North [Val Andrews].

May. 'Shoscombe Old Place'.

June. 'The Three Garridebs'. In this same month Holmes refused a knighthood 'for services which may perhaps some day be described.' After this case Watson moved out of Baker Street and set up practice again.

July. 'The Revenge of the Hound' by Michael Hardwick.

September. 'The Illustrious Client'.

1903

January. 'The Blanched Soldier'. In this story told by Holmes himself, not Watson, Holmes refers to Watson having 'deserted' him for a wife. Whilst Watson had indeed remarried, he had far from deserted Holmes and was involved in the case for the 'Sultan of Turkey' presented here as 'The Adventure of the Bulgarian Diplomat'.

June. 'The Mazarin Stone' and 'The Three Gables'. Sometime around now would also be the case of 'The Phantom Organ' by John Taylor.

September. 'The Creeping Man'.

October. Holmes retires to a house on the Sussex Downs and spends his time beekeeping. In 'Exit Sherlock Holmes', Robert Lee Hall suggests the retirement was prompted by the reappearance of Moriarty.

1906

April. 'The Brighton Pavilion Mystery' by Val Andrews, which is entirely apocryphal. At this time Holmes was with Watson in America and resolving 'The Enigma of the Warwickshire Vortex.'

1907

July. 'The Lion's Mane'.

1909

March. 'The Adventure of the Second Generation' by Ken Greenwald in which Holmes meets the daughter of Irene Adler.

1914

August. 'His Last Bow', a case which began in 1912.

1918

November. 'The Case of the Last Battle.'

1920s

The passing of Holmes and Watson is not noted and some writers continue their adventures into the thirties and forties. These are all apocryphal. Watson was a year or two older than Holmes so both had entered their 70s by the mid-20s. Watson died soon after publication of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes in 1927. The final date of Holmes's death is not known. One touching story of these last years is 'How a Hermit was Disturbed in His Retirement' [aka 'The Adventure of Hillerman Hall'] by Julian Symon where Holmes is visited by a very young Miss Marple.

Appendix II: The Tales of Sherlock Holmes

Part 1: The Original Canon

The following lists all of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories in order of book publication, with original publication sources in both Britain and the United States.

A Study in Scarlet. Beeton's Christmas Annual, 1887; London, Ward Lock, 1887; Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1890.

The Sign of Four. Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, February 1890; London, Spencer Blacken, 1890; Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1893.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London, Newnes, 1892; New York, Harper, 1892. Contains:

'A Scandal in Bohemia', The Strand, July 1891.

'The Red-Headed League', The Strand, August 1891. 'A Case of Identity', The Strand, September 1891.

'The Boscombe Valley Mystery', The Strand, October 1891. 'The Five Orange Pips', The Strand, November 1891.

'The Man With the Twisted Lip', The Strand, December 1891.

'The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle', The Strand, January 1892.