The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories, Sherlock Holmes pastiches, written by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr published in 1954 by John Murray. The stories were originally published in LIFE Magazine in december 1952 for the first one, and in Collier's between may and october 1953 for the eleventh others. All illustrated by Adolf Hallman.
The first six were co-written by the two authors, and the six last only by Adrian Conan Doyle only as John Dickson Carr was ill.
In LIFE Magazine, an article titled How Holmes Was Reborn: A Unique Literary Partnership Engineered His Second Return, written by Herbert Brean, followed the story and explained the partnership of Adrian and Carr.
It has also been published as The New Exploits of Sherlock Holmes in 1954-1956 by Ace Books.
Stories
Chronology of first publication in magazines
| Title | Date | Magazine | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Adventure of the Seven Clocks | 29 december 1952 | LIFE Magazine | Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr |
| The Adventure of the Black Baronet | 23 may 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr |
| The Adventure of the Gold Hunter | 30 may 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr |
| The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle | 6 june 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr |
| The Adventure of the Sealed Room | 13 june 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr |
| The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers | 20 june 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle & John Dickson Carr |
| The Adventure of Foulkes Rath | 27 june 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle |
| The Adventure of the Demon Angels [1] | 7 august 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle |
| The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby | 21 august 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle |
| The Adventure of the Two Women | 4 september 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle |
| The Adventure of the Deptford Horror | 18 september 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle |
| The Adventure of the Red Widow | 2 october 1953 | Collier's | Adrian Conan Doyle |
Untold stories used for the plots
| Title | Based on untold story | From SH stories |
|---|---|---|
| The Adventure of the Seven Clocks | Trepoff Murder | SCAN |
| The Adventure of the Black Baronet | Nonpareil Club / Madame Montpensier | HOUN |
| The Adventure of the Gold Hunter | Camberwell Poisoning Case | FIVE |
| The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle | The Disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore | THOR |
| The Adventure of the Sealed Room | The Case of Colonel Warburton's Madness | ENGR |
| The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers | The Case of the Darlington Substitution Scandal | SCAN |
| The Adventure of Foulkes Rath | The Addleton Tragedy | GOLD |
| The Adventure of the Demon Angels [1] | The Case of the Ferrers Documents | PRIO |
| The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby | Nonpareil Club / Madame Montpensier | HOUN |
| The Adventure of the Two Women | Blackmailing in England | HOUN |
| The Adventure of the Deptford Horror | The Death of Cardinal Tosca / Wilson the Canary-trainer | BLAC |
| The Adventure of the Red Widow | The Darlington Scandal / The Arnsworth Castle Business | SCAN |
