Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1888
(2025)An anthology of stories edited by Richard T Ryan
1888 was a busy year for Holmes and Watson. If Dr. Watson is to be believed, The Sign of Four, ‘A Scandal in Bohemia,’ and ‘The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor’ all took place in this year (I would also argue that The Valley of Fear is set in the same year - ed.). As if all that weren’t enough, 1888 is remembered (albeit infamously) as the year that Jack the Ripper unleashed an autumn of terror on the citizens of London. While there are no Holmes vs. the Ripper stories in this volume, the authors of the later stories have all alluded to the atmosphere of terror permeating Holmes’s London at that time.
1888 STORIESJanuary – The Adventure of the Two Mudlarks – Josh ReynoldsFebruary – The Lear Letter Mystery – DJTyrer
March – Sherlock Holmes and the Winter Spectre – Shelby Phoenix
April – An American Through and Through – Derrick Belanger
May – The Problem of Mark of the Diamont – David Cisler
June – The Bishop’s Painful Path – David Marcum
July – The Case of the Foreman’s Spirit – Rob Nisbet
August – The Great Grouse Massacre – Paul Hiscock
September – The Adventure of the Acquisitive Collector – George Jacobs
October – The Case of the Blue Nautilus – Naching Kassa
November – A Gunshot from the Undergrowth – Gustavo Bondoni
December—The Christmas Conundrum – Katy Darby
Bonus – A Scoundrel in Bavaria – George Gardner
Bonus 2 – The Broker – Mike Adamson
Genre: Mystery
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