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During the three year period between early 1881 and late 1883, through all of the early adventures which cemented their lifelong friendship, Holmes was still in his twenties, with Watson just a little over a year older. This idea is difficult for many to accept as they cling to the image of Our Heroes as senior citizens. This volume, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Early Adventures, is an amazing collection of some of Holmes and Watson's fascinating cases that occurred during those first three years in Baker Street, when Holmes was creating his unique profession of consulting detective, while Watson was still recovering from the war wounds that he'd received in Afghanistan and slowly returning to the business of being a civilian doctor. Included are 31 new stories in three companion volumes by some of today's best Sherlockian pasticheurs, as well as an excerpt from the beginning of A Study in Scarlet, detailing the initial meeting of Holmes and Watson in early 1881, as well as possibly the most famous Canonical tale, \"The Speckled Band\" (occurring in April 1883) and \"The Resident Patient\", with its original restored opening text, as it first appeared in The Strand magazine, indicating that this adventure occurred toward the end of the first year of Holmes and Watson's residency at 221b Baker Street.Join us as we climb the seventeen steps to Our Heroes' sitting room. You'll find that they haven't lived there quite as long in these early days, and possibly they aren't as quite as old as you might have pictured them . . . .VOLUME IA Study in Scarlet (An Excerpt) - Sir Arthur Conan DoyleThe Two Bullets - David Marcum The Adventure of the Persistent Pugilist - Thomas A Burns, Jr.Brother's Keeper - Robert PerretBad Blood at Barts - Harry DeMaio The Adventure of the Villainous Victim - Chris Chan The Cable Street Mummy - Paula Hammond The Piccadilly Poisoner - Roger Riccard The Adventure of the Modest Inspectors - Derrick Belanger The Case of the Melancholic Widow - Deanna Baran The Inside Men - M.J.H. 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Flipping ahead on his calendar, he famously wrote on an upcoming date, In Re: Sherlock Holmes. When that date arrived, he duly sat down and recorded \"The Adventure of the Black Narcissus\" - but not about Holmes. Rather, he transcribed (from the notes of Dr. Lyndon Parker) the first narrative introducing the world to Solar Pons - \"The Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street\".The world knows of Sherlock Holmes. For those who haven't yet been lucky enough to yet meet Mr. Pons, one should know that he is a Great Detective in the Holmesian Mold: He models himself after Holmes, wearing the expected deerstalker and Inverness. He investigates using ratiocination, observation, and deduction. His adventures, set in the 1920's and 1930's, are transcribed by his friend, Dr. Parker. He lives in London, working closely with Scotland Yard, and he helps to fill the vacuum left when Sherlock Holmes retired to Sussex.Throughout the Pontine Canon, there are references to Sherlock Holmes. For long decades, Pons fans and scholars have speculated on the connection between the two. Now, after all this time - nearly one-hundred years since the last Canonical Holmes story was published and Derleth recorded the first Pons tale - Belanger Books proudly presents the stories that provide answers - The Meeting of the Minds . . . . These companion volumes contain eighteen new adventures in two companion volumes by some of today's best Holmesian and Ponsian authors. Join us again at 7B Praed Street, where The Game is Afoot!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68287950848223,"sku":"9798719402536","price":33.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/R9EwrrvZak9798719402536.webp?v=1792813901"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/thomas-a-jr-burns.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}