Mary's Christmas -- Mary Russell's war: my war journal -- Beekeeping for beginners -- The marriage of Mary Russell -- Mrs Hudson's case -- A venomous death -- Birth of a green man -- My story, or The case of the ravening Sherlockians -- A case in correspondence -- Stately Holmes

"A dynamic short story collection that illuminates many hidden corners of the beloved, best-selling Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. Since the first book-length "memoir" appeared in 1994, famous partner, Sherlock Holmes, has excited a community of readers, young and old. With this collection, nine previously published short stories and one never-before-seen Sherlock Holmes mystery are brought together for the first time ..."--page [4] of cover