Sherlock Holmes: A Three-Pipe Christmas (2021)

A curious collection of tales, including a canon Christmas classic, an infamous pastiche, and a Solar Pons adventure. Merry Christmas.

One hundred years ago... 

...for Christmas 1920, Chicago bookman Vincent Starrett gave the world "The Unique Hamlet: A Hitherto Unchronicled Adventure of Mr. Sherlock Holmes". Forty-eight years later, for Christmas 1968, August Derleth's Mycroft & Moran publishing house printed Derleth's "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians" featuring Solar Pons (who is almost but not quite Sherlock Holmes), and a plot line that unmistakably plays off the story of "The Unique Hamlet". 

Now, on the centennial celebration of "The Unique Hamlet"'s publication, comes this special volume in the great tradition of Sherlockian Christmas books. Here we bring together for the first time "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," which is the only Canonical Christmas story, and the Starrett and Derleth pastiches first issued as Christmas presents. When considered together, the complex interrelations among these works - and their authors - make for a fascinating Sherlockian triptych. 

Five delightful illustrations and three perceptive commentaries accompany each story, all specially produced for this book. SHERLOCK HOLMES: A THREE-PIPE CHRISTMAS is a wonderful present that will bring you a bit of Christmas whenever you pick it up.

Title: Sherlock Holmes: A Three-Pipe Christmas
Editor: Dan Andriacco, BSI
Year: 2021
Publisher: Berlanger Books
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221B: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (2025)

A Holmes pastiche with James Bondian flair. Why not.

JUSTICE HAS AN OLD ADDRESS 

221B is more than an address on Baker Street...it is also the code-name for special agents of Her Majesty's Secret Service who are called upon to combat extreme threats to the Realm-Sherlock Holmes, Loveday Brooke and Dr. John Watson.

Now they face their most deadly challenge-a shadowy futurist organization called the Hephaestus Ring conspires to subvert the Paris World's Fair and use the opening of the Eiffel Tower to unleash a new terror weapon.

Headed by the by the most infamous and ruthless masterminds of the 19th century, the Hephaestus Ring weaves a web of international greed that will change history and command the future.

221B is mandated to find and stop the megalomaniacs at the heart of the colossal scheme-if Holmes, Loveday and Watson manage to stay alive long enough!

Title: 221B: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Author: Mark D. Ellis
Year: 2025
Publisher: MX Publishing
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