These are stories of the sort loved by true fans of the greatest of all detectives, in which a client tells Holmes a strange tale, drawing him into a baffling mystery. Whether in fogbound London or deep in the English countryside, these action-packed stories, set during the 1880s and early 1890s, before Holmes s disappearance at the Reichenbach Falls, faithfully recreate the atmosphere of Conan Doyle s early Holmes stories. This wonderful anthology brings together the best work of Denis O. Smith, much admired for his new Sherlock Holmes stories, including A Hair s Breadth , The Adventure of the Smiling Face and An Incident in Society . Ten of these stories have never previously been published in book form.