The quality of this anthology is basically identical to the last one mentioned, and again includes some essays at the end. The most interesting in this case is taking a look at the 'occult detective' subgenre of fiction, at least up until the 60s, which was a nice inclusion.
Ghosts in Baker Street : 01 The Devil and Sherlock Holmes - Loren D. Estleman
Ghosts in Baker Street : 02 The Adventure of the Librarian's Ghost - Jon L. Breen
Ghosts in Baker Street : 03 The Adventure of the Late Orang Outang - Gillian Linscott
Ghosts in Baker Street : 04 A Scandal in Drury Lane or The Vampire Trap - Carolyn Wheat
Ghosts in Baker Street : 05 Sherlock Holmes and the Mummy's Curse - H. Paul Jeffers
Ghosts in Baker Street : 06 Death in the East End - Colin Bruce
Ghosts in Baker Street : 07 The Adventure of the Dog in the Nighttime - Paula Cohen
Ghosts in Baker Street : 08 Selden's Tale - Daniel Stashower
Ghosts in Baker Street : 09 The Adventure of the St Marylebone Ghoul - Bill Crider
Ghosts in Baker Street : 10 The Coole Park Problem - Michéal Breathnach and Clare Breathnach
An institutionalised man shows a demonic personality until Halloween.
3 out of 5
A possibly suffragette spook.
3.5 out of 5
Ape puppet fun.
3.5 out of 5
A spiritualist and a corpse in a wall leds Watson et. al. to an old location.
3.5 out of 5
A good old Egyptian tomb curse.
3.5 out of 5
An ancestor and plague history lead Watson to a strange dead woman.
3.5 out of 5
A dead canine and an ice storage facility.
3 out of 5
The Notting Hill murderer.
2.5 out of 5
Graveyards and bad jokes.
3 out of 5
Holmes and Watson are off to Ireland, the former not too happy, with a case involving a servant, with Shaw and Keats along for the ride.
4 out of 5
4 out of 5
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