Here are five stunning novellas featuring the great detective, by the acknowledged master of Sherlockian pastiche.

In these five tales of intellectual derring-do, Sherlock Holmes is shown at the height of his powers. He cooperates with a young Winston Churchill in the famed Siege of Sydney Street, helps defeat a plan for a German invasion outlined in the Zimmermann Telegram, establishes a link between two missing lighthouse keepers and the royal treasures of King John, and more.

Included are: “TheCase of the Tell-Tale Hands,” “The Case of the King’s Evil,” “The Case of thePortuguese Sonnets,” “The Case of Peter the Painter,” and “The Case of the Zimmermann Telegram.”