22. Adrian Doyle produced several new Holmes stories
Adrian Doyle used references to other cases within the stories written by his father to create several new short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. The stories were written, some of them in concert with Arthur Conan Doyle biographer John Dickson Carr, in the 1940s and 1950s. Throughout the Holmes canon, when discussing a case with Watson, Holmes sometimes called attention to another case which offered similarities. For example, a blackmailing scandal mentioned in passing in The Hound of the Baskervilles is presented as The Adventure of the Two Women by Adrian Doyle and Carr. Their partnership was troubled, and disputes between them over credit for authorship plagued their relationship.
Eventually, 12 new Holmes stories emerged. Lestrade returned in some of them, his investigative skills unimproved. Eleven of the stories appeared in Collier’s, and one in Life Magazine (The Strand Magazine ceased publication in 1950). Adrian Doyle claimed many of the plots were found in his father’s notes and other papers. However, as with many of Adrian’s claims, scholars dispute this. The stories were compiled into a book in 1954, The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes. It was not well received, and eventually emerged in two paperbacks, each containing six of the twelve stories. They also received little attention at the time of their release.