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60 for 60 ficlets: 60 words for each of the 60 Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories

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“When you write your doubtless definitive monograph on Malingering, Holmes, you might make it part of a series.”

“Oh, yes?”

“In my mediocre literary experience, a unifying theme attracts a loyal audience. May I suggest Mendacity, Callousness and Egotism make up the quartet of arts in which you are an expert?”

“Ah. Perhaps next Friday for dinner at Simpson’s, then?”