The Montague Memoirs: : Stories Before Baker Street (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798451292846)

Little is known of Sherlock Holmes' life prior to his association with John Watson beginning in 1881. What little information we do have comes in dribs and drabs. Watson's recounting of Holmes' "first case" - The Gloria Scott - introduces us to Victor Trevor, a classmate at Oxford. Again, it is a college chum who involves Holmes in the Musgrave Ritual.

Beyond those adventures, we have a few, but not that many, references to cases Holmes had been employed on previous to 1881, cases with interesting names such as The Case of Vanderbilt and the Yeggmanand The Dreadful Business of the Abernetty Family of Baltimore.

These cases were taken up at a time prior to Holmes' installing himself in Montague Street, London, where he remained for three years, fully developing his powers. The previous cases were accidental, in that he had been in the right place and at the right time, and was able to afford some support in their solution. It is the Montague Street cases, however, that preceded Holmes' historic meeting with Watson which are explored in this memoir.

The Memoir contains:
The Case of Vamberry, the Wine Merchant
The Singular Affair of the Aluminium Crutch
Mrs. Farintosh and the Opal Tiara
The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman
The Tarleton Murders
The Bishopgate Jewel Case
The Case of Ricoletti of the Club-Foot and his Abominable Wife

Author: James R. Stefanie
ISBN-10: 8451292844
ISBN-13: 9798451292846
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2021
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d