This story is a sequel to Salting Snails
When Equestria's most famous detective, Basil Bones, comes to Ponyville, it seems like everypony has a case for him to solve. His results are impressive, but his methods are questionable. It's up to the brilliant mind of Twilight Sparkle to get to the bottom of this, accompanied as always by her loyal—and bored—assistant and girlfriend Rainbow Dash.
The fourth story in the Twilight Holmes continuity, following It's Elementary, My Dear Rainbow, TH: Sabotage After Sunset, and Salting Snails. Reading the previous stories is not required to enjoy The Mystery of Basil Bones.
Editing by Formerly Committed and JetstreamGW.
Chapters (14)
Welcome back, bats!
Fluttershy though. I almost died.
I can tell you had fun writing this, and I had fun reading it. Wins all around, and now I'll wait
three years and be sadfor the next chapter!6873327
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*cough* But seriously, updates should be forthcoming without much in the way of delay.
baaats, why do you expect me to read stories without Applejack?
I mean, this wasn't bad or anything. Just lacking in Applejack. You can fix that in upcoming chapters.
6873347 Gonna just go ahead and save this comment. For reasons.
I literally just started reading and I'm already laughing my ass off!
Huzzah! Another bats story! And it's TwiDash! And it's another Twilight Holmes story! Today was a good day. Also, I already have a guess at what's actually going on, but I don't want to post it in case I'm right.
Holy carp, more Twilight Holmes!
Another story made perfect by the finest editor in Ponylands.
And I guess that Committed fellow.
Yes. All the yes. Take all my yesses
More Twidash from bats!? And a mega snowstorm? It's like Christmas was delayed a month.
Woot! Happy to see a new chapter, I'm leaning towards blaming Basil Bones and hoping he gets his comeuppance, still loving the twidash. Thanks for Writing!
I get the feeling BB put the cups in the fountain and some pony visiting from another town is going to think Flutters is a Hooker and will try to pay her for some fun times in the bed.
Obvious answer:Basil stole the tea cups so that he could solve a mystery instantly.
Calling it now, Fraud.
Now it is up to a true detective like Twilight to sort out the true mystery!
I'm loving it. I can't wait to find out what Basil's "pursuit of his life" is! or if he's just making that up to get attention...
Missing an "and"?
Heh, this is getting hilarious.
Noice, noice
Was Rainbow actually thinking about proposing to Twilight in the near future? That would be one explanation for Rainbow's first reaction.
Obviously he hasn't had any for too long and mixed up the scent on Twilight & Rainbow with Fluttershy. I'm sure Snowflake can sort that out for him.
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Nah, my guess is that she was actually about to break up with Twilight because she's fallen in love with another unicorn.
Theory time! Basil Bones has a clear history of correctness which hasn't been tarnished by ridiculous false claims, so this likely isn't, in a sense, the true Basil Bones. Further, Basil has shone a propensity for appearing in places in the opposite direction of the place he's spotted, travelling somewhat vast distances in a short amount of time, and being wherever even a whiff of mystery is. As a result, I claim that, on what may have been his first trip to Ponyville, Basil had a run in with the mirror pool. The result is a pile of Basil's scattered across Ponyville, who are possessed of exaggerated yet weaker versions of Basil's detection powers and his jerkishness.
He's clearly good at detecting things, after all, and yet his claims are always in the form of half truths, and moreover, his claim with regards to Rainbow, whether it could have been easier to construct than he lets on, couldn't be of the seeming sabotage form of the Fluttershy encounter. Thus, we can say that he has true, rather than illusory, skill at detection, assuming he's right about RD (which he at least partially likely is). Finally, meta-textually, the solution to these stories has been far more benign than they've appeared to be, so Basil isn't likely an out and out jerkface. Quod erat demonstrondum. The mirror pool it must be.
7181117 I really hope you're right, because otherwise, f
that guy. Even if he was right about Rainbow proposing, that's not something you spoil!
Yknow, the most unfortunate consequence of editing is that I forget you haven't posted a chapter yet :P
And the plot thickens! I am liking the deconstruction of the Sherlock Scan in this story.
Newspapers don't deserve respect, bats. You know that.
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What's a newspaper?
7271143 Fucked if I know.
When Twilight corrected Basil I resisted the urge to yell "get rekt m8" at 12 at night in a hotel
silly basil, you can't win in a game of deductions against Twilight! 
Well i seem to of reached the current limit on this story. 2 in the morning think i best go to sleep now. I do love this story quite a bit, Basil is a doofus.
Anyone else find themselves wishing Twilight had yelled Objection or similar during his supposition?
That feeling when you readanold story and dont notice its in complete. Rip
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Oh wow, glad to have you back!
I've been waiting for this story to continue for so long!
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... Like, which part of Sinistar?
"RUN, COWARD?" "BEWARE, I HUNGER?" "RUN, RUN, RUN?"
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...and the plot thickens. In true mystery fashion, so much circumstantial evidence, but nothing they can really stick to him. Also, I still love your characterization. Glad to see this fic continuing.
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I'm assuming it's the "BEWARE, I LIVE!" one.
Yay it's back!
Possibly relevant: How Watson Learned the Trick
Also, yeah, I'm guessing that Basil stole the tea set himself.
"Diamond Acorn"? I guess you couldn't come up with a satisfactory horse pun on "Moriarty", huh.
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It actually is! There is a pretty popular theory that Moriarty was based on a real person, a mathematician who was famously a multi-talented genius and also a spiteful jerk who set out to destroy the careers of his enemies, and that real person's name was Simon Newcomb.
bats is posting things.
I don't trust it.
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EVERYBODY PANIC
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I want to trust it but it's too regular.
I JUST REREAD EVERYTHING UP TILL NOW. WORTH IT/
I can never get tired of this guy's style
Fuck you, Doyle. Fuuuuuck youuuu :P
Suspicious squirrel during window of theft is suspicious. Why would a squirrel be doing it, though?
Prove it! Prove it, goddamn you!