[Holmes for the Holidays 02] • More Holmes for the Holidays

In *Holmes for the Holidays*, today's best mystery writers featured Arthur Conan Doyle's inimitable Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in an original anthology of holiday whodunits. Now, Berkley Prime Crime is proud to present *More Holmes for the Holidays* — in which the beloved duo returns…to the scene of the crime.

In Anne Perry's "The Christmas Gift," a Stradivarius is plucked away from a master violinist just before a holiday performance — one Sherlock Holmes had his heart set on attending…

In Loren D. Estleman's "The Adventure of the Greatest Gift," Holmes receives an unusual present, a wax recording cylinder bearing festive greetings — or is it a warning about an impending war between England and France?

In Carolyn Wheat's "The Case of the Rajah's Emerald," Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit requests Holmes and Watson's assistance in identifying the true heir of the late philanthropist Ebenezer Scrooge…

In Peter Lovesey's "The Four Wise Men," Watson's former army superior invites him to appear in a Nativity service and guard the valuable Star of Bethlehem treasure from being stolen by a villain from Holmes's past…

With these and seven more merry mysteries, you can spend the season with the world's most famous detective courtesy of today's masters of mystery in *More Holmes for the Holidays*.

Contents

Introduction - Jon L. Lellenberg

The Christmas Gift - Anne Perry

The Four Wise Men - Peter Lovesey

Eleemosynary, My Dear Watson - Barbara Paul

The Adventure of the Greatest Gift - Loren D. Estleman

The Case of the Rajah's Emerald - Carolyn Wheat

The Christmas Conspiracy - Edward D. Hoch

The Music of Christmas - L.B. Breenwood

The Adventure of the Christmas Bear - Bill Crider

The Adventure of the Naturalist's Stock Pin - Jon L. Breen

The Adventure of the Second Violet - Daniel Stashower

The Human Mystery - Tanith Lee