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"The Case of the Bewildering Alibi" (1979)
Included in: The Adventures of Creighton Holmes (Ned Hubbell)
Story Type: Homage
Detectives: Creighton Holmes; Harrington
Other Characters: Postman; Mrs Mullins; George H. Biggs; Cabby; Mycroft Holmes; Trial Crowds; Jury; Daniel Bowman; Pollock; Mike Scala; Vince Mantanelli; Halloway; Judge; Steve Ravich; Stenographer; Ballistics Expert; Police Officers; Madden; Cargola; Poker Player; Andrew Zilch; Johnny Logan; Richard Simon / Enrico 'Ricci' Simone; William Rowland; Policemen; (Viscountess Pemberton; Lord Fitherby; Mayor Brandon; Plainclothesmen; Slot Machine Man; Hoodlums; Cop; Poker Players; Joe Marvel / Pete Mendoza)
Date: The 18th of ? - ? (after 1957)
Locations: Creighton's Baker Street Rooms; USA; Akron; Mayflower Hotel; Courtroom
Story: Creighton Holmes is consulted by Biggs, Chief of Police in Akron, Ohio, who is visiting London. The Mayor of Akron has been shot by crime syndicate thug Scala, who was seen fleeing the scene by two witnesses, and who lost his gun in the process. Other witnesses, however, saw him in a car with crime boss Mantanelli driving to Cleveland at the same time. Holmes is able to deduce the solution to the mystery immediately from a reference to the killer's hatband. Some time later Holmes and Harrington fly to the United States to see the Scala trial.

"The Case of the Scientific Recluse" (1979)
Included in: The Adventures of Creighton Holmes (Ned Hubbell)
Story Type: Homage
Detectives: Creighton Holmes; Harrington
Other Characters: Jimpson Dobbs; Dobbs's Neighbour; Mrs Dobbs; Daisy Dobbs; Irving Dobbs; Addison Pell; George Higgs; Dr Gridley; Sir Brockton's Chauffeur; Sir Brockton Pell; Gerald 'Slippery Sam' Tuppy; Joe Stringer; Captain Gregg; (Fire Station Lieutenant; Mrs Cedric Meeks; Henry Watkins; Doryce Montrose; Doryce's Neighbours; Landlady; Gracie Pringle; Lady Luddington; Yard Men; Chemist; Amateur Photographer)
Date: Sunday October 24th, 1938
Locations: Creighton's Baker Street Rooms
Story: Harrington is sharing rooms with Holmes. They are called in by Jimpson Dobbs, whose lodger, the eccentric nuclear scientist Addison Pell, has apparently committed suicide by gassing himself inside his locked room. Holmes first views the dead man's room from a ladder outside, before examining the ground below, and eventually having the door removed to enter the room and announcing that the man was murdered. Pell's celebrated brother, Sir Brockton, arrives, and Holmes shows him the six signs that indicate this was not a suicide. Sir Brockton asks Holmes to handle the case rather than the Yard. Holmes discovers that Pell only ever had two visitors, that a sizeable amount was recently withdrawn from his bank account, and that he had recently made a new discovery of some kind. He has Harrington and Dobbs's son measure Pell's rooms and the stairways outside, and takes away the dead man's boots. He sets policeman, Stringer to follow his chief suspects, and has the Yard carry out a search but fails to find any proof. He lures the murderer to his rooms but is unable to recover Pell's secrets.

NOTE: Is the name "Addison Pell" a deliberate play on "Edison Bell"?
"The Incriminating Glove" (1979)
Included in: The Adventures of Creighton Holmes (Ned Hubbell)
Story Type: Homage
Detectives: Creighton Holmes; Harrington
Other Characters: Ann Winter; Horatio Plunket / Raoul Romaine; Chief Bilkins; Will Fairlee; Sir John Rumford, Earl of Gossmere; Deputy Hodges; David Rowe; Dr Petley; Digby; Jones; Hawkins / Willie 'Fingers' Fink; Rafe Plunket; (Hanks; Lizzie; Mrs Jennings; Hannah; Hicks; Midgwick Police Chief; Chemist)
Locations: Creighton's Baker Street Rooms; Wembling; Rumford Grange
Story: Holmes is bemoaning the humdrum nature of crime, when Ann Winter arrives, fearing that a crime is going to be committed against her guardian, Sir John Rumford, or his grandson, David, at the hands of distant cousins, the Plunkets, who she believes are trying to cheat David of his inheritance. They seem to be in league with the new butler, Hawkins. Holmes promises to find out what he can about the three men. News comes that Rumford has been persuaded to rewrite his will. When they hear that David has been lured back to Rumford Grange, Holmes and Harrington travel to the house, only to find that Rumford has been shot. David's gun was the murder weapon, his glove has been found en route from his room to the scene of the shooting, and he has been found drunk in his room. Holmes is able to reconstruct the events of the murder and bring the killer to justice.
"The Kohinoor Gem Shop Burglary" (1979)
Included in: The Adventures of Creighton Holmes (Ned Hubbell)
Story Type: Homage
Detectives: Creighton Holmes; Harrington
Other Characters: Hotel Boots; Richard B. Granby; Chief Constable Edward P. Gubb; Ambrose Rucker; Constable Barney Keenan; Anastasia Simms; Sergeant Brandon B. Yates; A Bobby; Reuben Peskind; Michael McCall; Charley Dalton; (Insurance Agent; Holmes's Doctor; Molly O'Rourke; Snarky Lewis; Middington Sales Man; Constables; Twickenham Police; Bert Hanks; Fraudsters; Scottie McCrae; Morris Dealer; Officer Reams)
Locations: Blythestown; Hotel; Shore Street; Kohinoor Gem Shop; Gubb's Office; Lydia's Tea Room
Story: Recovering from pneumonia in Blythestown, Holmes is asked by insurance man Granby to investigate a jewel theft. Although reluctant to do so at first, when he hears local chief constable, Gubb's opinion of him, he takes on the case. Gubb believes the burglary to be the work of an out of town gang, but Holmes convinces him it was the work of an insider. A watch is put on four suspects, although Holmes is already sure which is guilty. Ultimately he is able to hand the chief constable not only the thief, but a blackmailer as well.
"The Murder of the Enigmatic Husband" (1979)
Included in: The Adventures of Creighton Holmes (Ned Hubbell)
Story Type: Homage
Detectives: Creighton Holmes; Harrington
Other Characters: Telegram Boy; Sir Guy Rumford; Rumford's Butler; Constable McCready; Reynolds; Beatrix Dodd; Cook; Maid; Joe Simkins; Producer; Steuer's Secretary; Max Steuer; Josie/Lizzie Tuttle/Ricket/Rickert; Ernie Ricket/Rickert; (Isabelle Rumford; Earl of Kernsey; Horace Dodd; Bank Worker; Old Man; Graham; Rupert Carstairs; Reginald Thompson; Gunner Blodgett; Jocko Skaggs; Peter Skaggs; Thompson's Aunt; Ernie's Friend; Richard Radnor; Sir Wilfred Amberly)
Date: Mid-September
Locations: Creighton's Baker Street Rooms; Cosborough; The Royal Lion; Greystun; New Midden; McCready's Office; The Larches; Steuer's Office; Tea Shop
Story: A telegram from Rumford, an admirer of his grandfather, summons Holmes to Cosborough. His niece, Beatrix, is suspected of murdering her husband, Horace Dodd. Shot in his library, his dying words to his wife were "Get Tom," but she has no idea who Tom is. He had received occasional letters from big cities, and recently one that contained a newspaper clipping and was followed by a visit from an old man. Holmes is excited by the marks of a falling man in the garden, and asks Harrington to look into the career of an actor, Rupert Carstairs. Holmes discovers that blackmail and bank robbery were involved, and although he identifies the killer, the dead man's wife stands in his way and he fails to bring him to justice.
"The Mysterious Death at Wetherby Manor" (1979)
Included in: The Adventures of Creighton Holmes (Ned Hubbell)
Story Type: Homage
Detectives: Creighton Holmes; Harrington
Canonical Characters: (Sherlock Holmes)
Other Characters: Dodson; Ambrose Wetherby; Mrs Wiggin; Mary Compton; Peggy Morris; Rose Brooks; Binks; Mrs Fogarty; Waiter; (Sherlock Holmes's Wife; Sherlock Holmes's Son; Creighton Holmes's Patron; Creighton's Landlady; Doctor; Pawlings; Lady Wetherby; Joe Hendy/Hardy; Medical Officer; David Johnson; Sir Arthur Madden)
Date: November
Locations: Creighton's Baker Street Rooms; Pippingate; Wetherby Manor; A Pub
Story: Moving to London, journalist Harrington, stays with his old Eton schoolfriend, Creighton Holmes, grandson of Sherlock, in his rooms on Baker Street. He accompanies Holmes to Wetherby Manor to investigate the murder of Ambrose Wetherby, who had been clubbed to death after returning home with his grand-daughter, Mary. The killer had also attacked a maid as he fled. There are no footprints outside the house, and all the doors and windows were locked. Holmes is interested in a package of brocaded silk found in the library, an ashtray, and the disappearance of Pawlings, the butler. He announces he has to leave for London on government business, and tells local policeman, Dodson, who to pick up for questioning. Back in London, the following week, he explains his reasoning to Harrington, and that Wetherby's death was not necessarily what it appeared to be.
"The Strange Death of Matthew Tidmore" (1979)
Included in: The Adventures of Creighton Holmes (Ned Hubbell)
Story Type: Homage
Detectives: Creighton Holmes; Harrington
Other Characters: Baron Tidmore; Parkins; Matthew Tidmore; Burrows; Dr Cheevers; Constable Barney; Barbara; James Landreth; Louise Towne; Richard Landreth; Carter Ives; Roberta Hobman; Joe
(Undersecretary; Willie "the Writer" Roberts; John Tidmore; Dorothea Tidmore)
Date: Sunday, mid-September - October
Locations: Creighton's Baker Street Rooms; Tidmore Manor
Story: Holmes extols the virtues of Shakespeare. Some time later, Baron Tidmore calls him in to investigate the passing of confidential information out of his government department. He and Harrington travel to Tidmore Manor. When they arrive, they learn that the culprit has been found, but closer to home, the Baron's brother Matthew, whose birthday was celebrated the day before is found dead, partially dressed, on his bed. A note, which Holmes says was written by three different people is found. He sends some fingerprint evidence to London, and summons the birthday party guests back to the Manor. An examination of a pen leads Holmes to the murderer.