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 STORIES

• January – The Adventure of the Two Mudlarks – Josh Reynolds
• February – 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