The Essential Sherlock Holmes volume four

By Dan Andriacco BSI

The most ESSENTIAL stories of the Sherlock Holmes canon -- with new essays and illustrations

The fourth and final volume bringing together, in chronological order, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most important adventures of SHERLOCK HOLMES from a biographical point of view, augmented with insightful essays and striking illustrations.

The stories featured in this fourth volume of The Essential Sherlock Holmes include three adventures at the twilight of Holmes's career:

The Bruce-Partington Plans - Mycroft Holmes returns in one of the Great Detective's most memorable cases
The Lion's Mane - Holmes must solve the mystery and tell the tale... without Watson
His Last Bow - An "east wind" threatens the nation at the dawn of the Great War
Each of the above stories features a new introduction by Dan Andriacco, BSI, and includes at least one new essay:

"This Great and Sombre Stage" by Roger Johnson, BSI
"For England, Home, and Beauty"-Holmes the Patriot, by Mark Jones, BSI
The Curious Case of Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" by Carlina de la Cova, BSI
Investigating Sherlock Holmes in "The Lion's Mane" by Karen Wilson, BSI
Sherlock Holmes for Crown and Country by Dan Andriacco, BSI
The Adventure of the Sixth Man, by S.E. Dahlinger, BSI
"Another Glass Watson " The Essential Friendship by Burt Wolder, BSI'
The Afterlife of Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective in Parody and Pastiche by Peggy
MacFarlane, BSI
"'You're asking ME?' - an artist's creative process explained" by Brian Belanger

Each story also includes new artwork from Brian Belanger, plus a bonus section recapping all of the illustrations from the series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GK6L6HVX
• ISBN13: 9798245850535
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"