From the bustling neighborhoods of New York City and Washington, D.C., to sunny yet sinister cities like San Francisco on the West Coast, the world's best-loved British sleuth will face some of the most cunning criminals America has to offer, and meet some of America's most famous figures along the way. A fascinating and extraordinary collection of never-before-published crime and mystery stories by bestselling American writers.

"A Herman Graf book."

Introduction: "American, as you perceive" / Jon Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower Case of Colonel Warburton's madness / Lyndsay Faye Ghosts and the machine / Lloyd Rose Exerpts from an unpublished memoir found in the basement of the home for retired actors / Steve Hockensmith Flowers of Utah / Robert Pohle Adventure of the coughing dentist / Loren D. Estleman Minister's missing daughter / Victoria Thompson Case of Colonel Crockett's violin / Gillian Linscott Adventure of the White City / Bill Crider

Recalled to life / Paula Cohen Seven walnuts / Daniel Stashower Adventure of the Boston Dromio / Matthew Pearl Case of the rival queens / Carolyn Wheat Adventure of the missing three quarters / Jon L. Breen Song at twilight / Michael Walsh Moriarty, Moran, and more: Anti-hibernian sentiment in the Canon / Michael Walsh How the creator of Sherlock Holmes brought him to America / Christopher Redmond Romance of America / A. Conan Doyle.