I can never resist reading about Sherlock and Watson, and those unwritten suggestions of tales made great subjects for more stories.  Mr. Gilbert has got the style of writing spot on, and is able to quickly set a scene that brings his writing to life.  Missing somewhat is the magic ingredient which lifts Conan Doyle’s own writing into the realms of the classics.  This was his talent to not merely write crime stories with a twist, but also to introduce elements of the bizarre and the grotesque.  That is what makes them so memorable. But Mr. Gilbert does make quite a good job of coming up with imaginative plots and bringing them to fruition within an admirably brief number of pages.