Sherlock Holmes and the Hammersmith Hound

The Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes #5

by John A. Little

In this compelling short story, the grandson of a university friend provides a crossword puzzle for Holmes, which leads to his meeting the ghost of an old love. But can he solve an important final problem for her? This enjoyable Sherlockian tale was first published in 2015 in the second collection of the Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes.

38 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 16, 2017

About the author

Who am I? A retired Computer Manager from the old school of Information Technology, when Mainframes were Mainframes, the Mini was a stunted Mainframe, and the dreaded Personal Computer was but a distant twinkle in the eyes of Gates and Jobs.

As a second career, a writer of detective fiction. Currently working on The Final Tales Of Sherlock Holmes, a four-volume book of detective fiction, containing one novella and fifteen short stories.

Reviews

[Christopher Lutz · Rating 4 out of 5]

An older Holmes and Waston face a mystery that harkens back to two previous famous cases and forces Holmes in particular to face one of his most enduring foes, albeit in a more emotional reunion.