The Justice Master

The Rediscovered Cases of Sherlock Holmes #6

by Arthur Hall

Inspector Lestrade brings Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson an account of six murders. The only fact common to them all is that the victims had all served terms of imprisonment for serious crimes. It appears that someone believes that they should have suffered execution, and has set out to take the law into his own hands. A note is found, signed 'The Justice Master', warning that he will not be deterred from his purpose, nor does he spare anyone who gets in his way. The inspector is angry with his superiors because he feels that their efforts to apprehend this man have been insufficient, hence his consultation with The Great Detective. The murders continue and Holmes, with the occasional interference of an Old Bailey solicitor, Mr David Grantly-Knight, resolves to bring the killer to justice. The Justice Master proves to be as elusive as he is merciless, and narrowly escapes a trap set by Holmes and Lestrade. Then comes an encounter near Plantain Castle.

162 pages, Paperback

Published May 15, 2021

About the author

Arthur Hall was born in Aston, Birmingham, UK, in 1944. He discovered his interest in writing during his schooldays, along with a love of fictional adventure and suspense.
His first novel 'Sole Contact' was an espionage story about an ultra-secret government department known as 'Sector Three' and was followed, to date, by three sequels. A fourth is in the course of preparation.
Other works include four ‘rediscovered’ cases from the files of Sherlock Holmes, two collections of bizarre short stories and two novels about an adventurer called ‘Bernard Kramer’, as well as several contributions to the regular anthology, ‘The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories’.
His only ambition, apart from being published more widely, is to attend the premier of a film based on one of his novels, possibly at The Odeon, Leicester Square.
He lives in the West Midlands, United Kingdom, where he often walks other people’s dogs as he attempts to visualise new plots.