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