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    Sherlock Holmes: The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden
    Sherlock Holmes: The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden
    Sherlock Holmes: The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden
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    Sherlock Holmes: The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden

    By Dan Andriacco

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    Tobacco millionaire John Vincent Harden has barely arrived in London when strange things start happening to him. The clerk at his hotel swears that Harden has checked out and taken his luggage with him. Then Harden receives a wire calling him home to his plantation in Kentucky – which it turns out was never sent. Finally, when a four-wheeled cab almost runs over the American, Harden knows it is time to turn to Sherlock Holmes for help. Who is behind this peculiar persecution of John Vincent Harden? Holmes solves the puzzle too late, learning in the process that indeed “one may smile, and smile, and be a villain.”

    Praise for The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden:

    This story originally appeared in Baker Street Beat: An Eclectic Colleciton of Sherlockian Scribblings, where it drew the attention of critics as one of the highlights of the book:
    “If you don’t read any other Holmes pastiche this year, please, please read the short story The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden which has to be the closest in tone and content to a Holmes work that I have read in a long time.” – Felicia Carparelli’s Sherlock Holmes Murder Blog
    “One of the best short pastiches that I have read.” – Ross K. Foad, “No Place Like Holmes” reviews
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMX Publishing
    Release dateJan 25, 2012
    ISBN9781780921358
    Sherlock Holmes: The Peculiar Persecution of John Vincent Harden

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    Sherlock Holmes - Dan Andriacco

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    Sherlock Holmes in

    THE PECULIAR PERSECUTION OF JOHN VINCENT HARDEN

    by

    Dan Andriacco

    Publisher Information

    First edition published in 2012 by

    MX Publishing

    335 Princess Park Manor, Royal Drive,

    London, N11 3GX

    www.mxpublishing.com

    Digital edition converted and distributed in 2012 by

    Andrews UK Limited

    www.andrewsuk.com

    © Copyright 2012 Dan Andriacco

     The right of Dan Andriacco to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998.

     All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without express prior written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted except with express prior written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damage.

    All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and not of MX Publishing.

    Cover design by www.staunch.com

    Dedication

    In Memorium

    Bill Russell, Norma Holt, Evelyn Weber

    Introduction: In the Foosteps of a Giant

    The only bad thing about the canonical Sherlock Holmes stories is that there aren’t enough of them. The original four novels and fifty-six short stories (leaving out Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s two plays and several other small writings about Holmes) comfortably fill a single large volume.

    Since just this isn’t enough and nature abhors a vacuum, it’s no wonder that the remarkable Philip K. Jones has compiled a database of some 8,000 pastiches and parodies of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Seemingly any Sherlockian with writing genes eventually takes up the challenges to write a new Holmes story.

    And having an incentive doesn’t hurt.

    In 1988, Mysteries from the Yard Bookstore in Yellow Springs, Ohio, held a contest for the best original Sherlockian pastiche. The prize was a $100 gift certificate at the bookstore. I found that irresistible.

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