In tales by Henry Slesar, Edward D. Hoch, Peter Canon, Craig Shaw Gardner, Jay Sheckley, and P. C. Hodgell, among others, the truth is finally revealed about Holmes's exploits involving such figures as Ida Tarbell, Consuelo Vanderbilt, P. G. Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jacques Futrelle, and James McNeil Whistler. As related by divers hands, including Dr. John Watson, Inspector Lestrade, and Sherlock Holmes himself, and detailing previously untold incidents involving the Titanic, Holmes's rematch with "the woman" Irene Adler, the childhoods of both Holmes and Watson, and the unfortunate results of Holmes's facility with disguises, The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes will delight the myriad fans of the world's most famous consulting detective.