The note: "REMEMBER JOHNSON - YOU WILL GET THE SAME" - signed with the initials F.O.S. #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
18.02.2026 12:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@patwalshwrites.bsky.social
Wrote the text adventure Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Beheaded Smuggler many moons ago and have now published the story based on it, on Amazon. For more info see https://www.patwalsh.co.uk/case/
The note: "REMEMBER JOHNSON - YOU WILL GET THE SAME" - signed with the initials F.O.S. #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
18.02.2026 12:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At 221B Baker Street, Victor Wathley: 'Such goods as alcohol, tobacco, diamonds, opium and others' #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
11.02.2026 11:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes: 'If you are wondering, Watson, this is Mr Victor Wathley' #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
04.02.2026 11:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0For book 2, The Tower Bridge Mystery, I'm currently researching Thames tides info for around Tower Bridge, Easter 1899 - Gemini and Perplexity proving very useful research tools #sherlockholmes #towerbridgemystery #research www.patwalsh.co.uk/mystery/
23.01.2026 11:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Back at 221B Baker Street: 'Anyhow, it turned out that George Wathley, Nathaniel Johnson and I were all members of the Fellowship of Swords.' #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
22.01.2026 11:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At Limehouse: With a further stretch of our legs, and a small piece of fortune, we then managed to locate the opium den that Holmes had been told about. #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
21.01.2026 12:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Back at 221B Baker Street: We three were sat in chairs close enough to the fireplace for it to warm us, and Holmes started the conversation. #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
20.01.2026 12:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On the train back to Victoria station, Watson: 'I know he's the victim here, but this George Wathley fellow seems to have been a certain order of cad, Holmes!' #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler #sherlockholmes
19.01.2026 11:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In the cellar, at Horsham: Holmes carefully removed the ledger from the desk and moved it nearer to the oil lamp, so that we could see its contents. #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
18.01.2026 13:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0From Wathley's diary: 22 January 1899. I'm beginning to feel that the F.O.S may be getting suspicious of my dealings with them... #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
17.01.2026 12:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0At 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes: 'Come now, we had best waste no more time, as I fear Mr George Wathley is in deep danger.' #sherlockholmes #beheadedsmuggler
16.01.2026 17:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you fancy playing the original text adventure Sherlock Holmes in The Case of the Beheaded Smuggler via a ZX Spectrum emulator in the browser - more info is on patwalsh.co.uk/case/ #sherlockholmes #adventure
13.01.2026 17:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What had turned the snow-covered path a sickening shade of crimson? Find out at www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G6XRN7M3 #sherlockholmes #adventure
09.01.2026 18:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And this is the Ebook/Kindle version on Amazon amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G7348P2R #sherlockholmes #adventure
08.01.2026 12:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sherlock Holmes in The Case of the Beheaded Smuggler book cover
I recently published the story based on my text adventure Sherlock Holmes in The Case of the Beheaded Smuggler on Amazon, this is the paperback version amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G6XRN7M3 #SherlockHolmes #adventure
08.01.2026 12:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And there's a nicely comprehensive page for the text adventure at spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6962/Z... #sherlockholmes #adventure
08.01.2026 12:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The text adventure got a good write-up on this page cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/th... #sherlockholmes #adventure
08.01.2026 12:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Many years ago, I wrote a text adventure for the ZX Spectrum using PAWS. This was Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Beheaded Smuggler. It's still out there and is featured on some pages such as this one worldofspectrum.net/item/0006962/ #sherlockholmes #adventure
08.01.2026 12:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0