Although the illustrious career of Sherlock Holmes has been documented
in innumerable stories over the decades, some accounts have remained
classified due to their extremely sensitive nature ... until now. Cases
involving major historical figures and topics -Winston Churchill's
request to investigate the emerging Nazi Party, the emergency surgery on
the British monarch, the apparent suicide of a leading suffragist and
the strange death of an American president - have been locked away,
sometimes with explicit instructions that they be kept from public view
well into the future.
Now, these cases are available to readers in the collection The
Undiscovered Archives of Sherlock Holmes. Each of these seven stories
is linked to a major historical figure or event. The actual nature of
the case had often been misunderstood for a century and more because of
the need to respect the privacy of those involved and, in some cases, to
avoid potentially embarrassing disclosures and diplomatic controversies.
The author of these "history mysteries" is John Lawrence, a University
of California-trained history Ph.D. who spent nearly 40 years as a top
staff person in the U.S. House of Representatives, the last 8 as chief
of staff to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The author uses his professional
training to blend historical fact with Holmesian embellishments that
produce unique stories any devotee of The Canon will enjoy.
These are all traditional-style pastiches published in various
anthologies from 2015 - 2020, including the MX Book of New Sherlock
Holmes Stories.
