The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

The Whole Art of Detection:Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
Information
Author(s)	Lyndsay Faye
Language	English
Publisher	The Mysterious Press
Publication Date	2017
Preceded by	Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr John H. Watson

The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes is an anthology of Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Lyndsay Faye. All but two of the 15 stories had been previously published in various sources, with ten first appearing in The Strand Magazine.

The collection received positive reviews, including endorsements from author Nicholas Meyer and Holmes scholar Leslie S. Klinger.

Contents

Part I: Before Baker Street

• "The Case of Colonel Warburton's Madness"
• "The Adventure of the Magical Menagerie"
• "The Adventure of the Vintner's Codex"

Part II: The Early Years

• "The Adventure of the Honest Wife"
• "The Adventure of the Beggar's Feast"
• "Memoranda Upon the Gaskell Blackmailing Dilemma"
• "The Lowther Park Mystery"

Part III: The Return

• "An Empty House"
• "The Adventure of the Memento Mori"
• "Notes Regarding the Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore"
• "The Adventure of the Willow Basket"

Part IV: The Later Years

• "The Adventure of the Lightless Maiden"
• "The Adventure of the Thames Tunnel"
• "The Adventure of the Mad Baritone"
• "Notes Upon the Diadem Club Affair"

Trivia

• The book's title is taken from "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange", where Holmes criticizes Watson's accounts of his cases. When Watson suggests that Holmes write them himself, Holmes answers: “I will, my dear Watson, I will. At 'present' I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my declining years to the composition of a text-book which shall focus the whole art of detection into one volume."
• The two stories first published in this collection are "The Adventure of the Thames Tunnel" and "The Adventure of the Mad Baritone".
• Almost all of the stories are based on references to Holmes' unpublished cases in the canonical stories.