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Sherlock Book Reviews - Synchrony Strategem - Sinister House Book 3
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Reedsy "This book is a worthy addition to the SH book world, so I recommend it to all SH fans across the globe." The third book in the Sherlock Holmes Sinister House series. Also available from Amazon USA.
Sherlock Book Reviews - Great Warrior - The Sherlock Holmes Diaries 1901
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Reedsy "Great Warrior: The Sherlock Holmes Diaries’ plot is woven in the solutions of two great mysteries that fans of the consulting detective will welcome. Watson is minimized. Lestrade is sidelined. Holmes is more humanized." Book 4 of the Lady Beatrice series. Also available from Amazon USA and Barnes and Noble. Sherlock Holmes has seen more violent death than most men, but this time it's different. This time the victim is Meg, Mrs Hudson's beloved niece. Soon the detective discovers that Meg isn't the only woman to die by this killer's hand. There are others. All, like Meg, nurses recently home...
Book Reviews - The Woodland Grave - A Paranormal Ghost Story
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Reedsy "Well-structured quick read with excellent foreboding atmosphere and strong tension, though not a traditional paranormal romance." (4 stars) "The Woodland Grave is a gripping mystery set in a haunting forest filled with twists and turns that will keep you hooked until the very end." (4 stars) Available from: Amazon USA Barnes and Noble Amazon UK Kindle In the dead of night two young women meet by chance on a hillside. Chris is the squire's daughter and Gerry a visitor to her village.Although Chris has lived all her life in the countryside...
Book Reviews - The Dramatic Moment of Fate: The Life of Sherlock Holmes in the Theatre
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Sherlock Holmes Society of London As Ms Kitty says, “Few literary characters have had such a long and illustrious stage presence.” It’s more than likely that, on any given day in normal times, somewhere in the world a play featuring Sherlock Holmes is being rehearsed or performed. The USA is ahead of the rest: after all, the American William Gillette was the first actor to play Holmes with Conan Doyle’s blessing, and the first to become identified with the character. A thorough survey of Holmesian productions in American theatres would need several volumes, even if it were possible, and this...
Sherlockian Interview - Tom Turley
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With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories we're talking to the authors involved. Today, 29th April, it's Tom Turley. Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies. Amazingly, my wife Paula and I have lived in Montgomery, Alabama for the past 23 years. We grew up in Texas and Tennessee, respectively, and met in graduate school at Vanderbilt in Nashville. I'm a retired historian and archivist, and Paula is retired from the Social Security Administration. Our grown children, Catherine and Bryan, live in western states (Colorado...