Copyright © 2013 by Loren D. Estleman.
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“The Infernal Machine” previously published in The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes edited by Martin Harry Greenberg and Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh, copyright © 1999 by Carroll & Graf. ISBN 10: 0-7867-0698-8 ISBN 13: 978-0-7867-0698-3.
“The Adventure of the Double-Bogey Man” previously published in Schlock Holmes: The Complete Bagel Street Saga by Robert L. Fish, copyright © 1990 by Gaslight Publications. ISBN 10: 0-9344-6816-8 ISBN 13: 978-0-9344-6816-9.
“The Case of the Bloodless Sock” previously published in Murder in Baker Street edited by Martin Harry Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower, copyright © 2001 by Carroll & Graf. ISBN 10: 0-7867-1074-8 ISBN 13: 978-0-7867-1074-4.
“Sherlocks” previously published in P.I. Files edited by Loren D. Estelman and Martin H. Greenberg, copyright © 1990 by Ballantine Books. ISBN 10: 0-8041-0555-3 ISBN 13: 978-0-8041-0555-2.
“The Field Bazaar” previously published in The Student by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, copyright © 1896 by the University of Edinburgh.
“The Adventure of the Deptford Horror” previously published in The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr, copyright © 1954 by Ace Books.
“Before the Adventures” previously published in Murder, My Dear Watson edited by Martin Harry Greenberg, Jon Lellenberg, and Daniel Stashower, copyright © 2002 by Carroll & Graf. ISBN 10: 0-7867-1081-0 ISBN 13: 978-0-7867-1081-2.
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ISBN 13: 978-1-4405-6483-3
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