Premise: A young lawyer is framed for the disappearance of a construction worker-or so he claims! 'It is a mercy that you are on the side of the force, and not against it, Mr.
Quote: "Holmes had slipped away, but he came back in a few minutes. Melas, Paul Kratides, Sophy Kratides, Harold Latimer, Wilson KempĬlues: Japanese armor, a bludgeon, and, well, papers in Greek A Greek interpreter is threatened for his services in a transaction of property. Premise: This is the first story to introduce Holmes' older brother, Mycroft. He loved to lie in the very center of five millions of people, with his filaments stretching out and running through them, responsive to every little rumour or suspicion of unsolved crime." Quote: "A depleted bank account had caused me to postpone my holiday, and as to my companion, neither the country nor the sea presented the slightest attraction to him. Players: Miss Susan Cushing, Inspector Lestrade, Sarah Cushing, Mary Cushing, Jim BrownerĬlues: A dissection laboratory, a sailor's knot, and a (you guessed it) cardboard box Premise: What's in the box? WHAT'S IN THE BOX?! Quote: "'If we could fly out of that window hand in hand, hover over this great city, gently remove the roofs, and peep in at the queer things which are going on.it would make all fiction with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions most stale and unprofitable.'" Hosmer Angel, James WindibankĬlues: An office in Leadenhall Street and a typewritten letter However, do you think it's easy for him?) Can the champion of Baker Street solve the case? (I mean, you know he solves it. Premise: The fiancé of a wealthy woman disappears under ambiguous terms. But since I know you're ever curious (and maybe need new fuel for your fanfic), I've decided to gather five of Conan Doyle's lesser-known stories (with links!) that may, true to their form, spur the inner detective and London recluse in you. You may be versed in the modern adaptations of Holmes-as portrayed by Robert Downey, Jr., Jonny Lee Miller, or Tumblr's #1 Boyfriend Bentobox Lumberjack-so you might know tales like The Hound of the Baskervilles and "The Final Problem". As freely as one would rewrite Jane Austen's work, Conan Doyle's Holmes mysteries (save roughly eight) may be manipulated at will (are you getting my subtle hint, Quirk Books?) The US Supreme Court refused to hear a copyright appeal by the Conan Doyle estate after a US Court struck down its wishes to maintain ownership over Holmes.
How should we celebrate the cob-pipe-smoking detective's debut? By taking advantage of the fact that, as of this November, all stories about Holmes prior to 1923 are officially in the public domain. John Watson in A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel to introduce the famous characters. "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."
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