title: The Glendower Conspiracy: A Memoir of Sherlock Holmes (Brown Bag Mystery)
author: Jr. Biggle Lloyd
description: Biggle follows The Quallsford Inheritance with a second successful borrowing from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Historically accurate and capturing the brooding air of Wales, this story is told by Edward Porter Jones, assistant to Sherlock Holmes. Although Jones expects to help the famed sleuth investigate allegations against a murderer in Wales, the case turns into a different and extremely twisted affair as Holmes penntrates the secret life of a mad impostor. Falsely claiming fellowship with patriotic Welsh citizens, the impostor dupes them into funding a scheme that would destroy their country. The author creates eerie effects with details on isolated locales and characters--almost all far from what they seem--where the villain sows dragon seeds that Holmes uproots on time. Adding to the pleasures of a lusty tale, Jones handles his exacting duties nobly, providing himself worthy of promotion from the ranks of the Baker Street Irregulars. <br />Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Biggles Gets a Letter
  
  
  BIGGLES was whistling softly as he walked into the breakfast-room of his flat
  in Mount Street, but he broke off as he reached for the letters lying beside
  his plate. With the exception of one they all bore halfpenny stamps,
  suggesting that they contained nothing more interesting than circulars, but
  the exception was a bulky package with Canadian stamps, while across the top
  was printed in block letters, 'CONFIDENTIAL. IF
  
  
  AWAY, PLEASE FORWARD.'
  
  
  `What's Wilks doing in Canada, I wonder?' murmured Algy, from the other side
  of the table.
  
  
  Biggles glanced up. 'Been doing a bit of Sherlock Holmes stuff with my
  correspondence, eh?'
  
  
  'As I happen to know Wilks's fist, and am able to recognize a Canadian stamp
  when I see one, I put two and two together,' replied Algy casually.
  
  
  `Smart .work,' Biggles congratulated him, with cheerful sarcasm, as he tore
  open the flap of the envelope.
  
  
  Wilks? Who's Wilks?' Ginger asked Algy. He had finished his bre