Vigor the Hammersmith Wonder and Other Stories — Mike Hogan

Traditional short stories told by Doctor Watson with perhaps a wry twist. The strongman in a music hall act disappears with a lady of the chorus, leading to a probable murder and the compromising of Britain's naval supremacy leaving her ships helpless in the face of her enemies. The denouement of the case takes place on the Thames and involves the cast of the Hammersmith Temple of Varieties battling sinister agents of a foreign power.A safe is blown at a jeweller's in the City. Suspicion falls on a professional yeggman or safecracker, but is all as it seems?A British officer escapes from captivity by Burmese bandits and Holmes is called in to establish his bona fides. Is he who he purports to be, or an imposter coveting the family title and estates.Jabez Wilson's pawnbroker's shop, the scene of the case of the Redheaded League, may be at the centre of another conspiracy.Doctor Watson is forced to operate at gunpoint on a wounded thief while Holmes follows slender clues to rescue him.Lastly, the composer of a popular jingle fears he is being copied, but who is the true composer of the song?