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Another record month in Sherlock Holmes audiobook sales and just three novels make the top 25 with short story collections proving ever popular. Bill Defeo had a wonderful month with his two collections at number 1 and 4 - fans will be pleased to know Bill is close to completing his 3rd collection which will come out in time for Christmas. If we look at 'year to date' Geoff Finch's 'The Uncollected Cases of Sherlock Holmes' is some way in front. Caiden Copper Myle's collections are both in the top 20 with the third volume currently in production. May sees...

Reedsy Black and Deep Desires - A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by MX Publishing is a long-form Sherlock Holmes novel that distinguishes itself by pitting a Jack the Ripper-like, vile character against Holmes. The serial killer in this story is bold and cunning, with intelligence that nearly matches Holmes’s. The police and Holmes have a difficult time identifying them. Holmes and the police have to wait patiently while zeroing in. The story successfully captures the atmosphere of dismay, horror, and mounting tension after the killer strikes for the first time, and despite Holmes’ intervention, takes one life after another in close...

For the first month in over a year the top selling audiobook is a novel. Whilst the top twenty five is still dominated by short story collections, number one, three and five are novels including both of Ken Coutenay's. 1.   A Quarter Turn of the Knife – Ken Courtenay and Kevin E Green 2.   The Uncollected Cases of Sherlock Holmes – Geoff Finch and Michael Langan 3.   Black and Deep Desires – Paul Metcalfe and Michael Langan 4.   Sherlock Holmes The Hunter and Other Mysteries – Susan Knight and Michael Langan 5.   The Case of the Man Who Died Twice – Ken Courtenay and Kevin E. Green 6.   The Hidden Enquiries...

Reviewed by Orlando Pearson Mr MacGregor’s Holmesian trilogy of The Adventure of the Elusive Ear,  The Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé, and The Adventure of the Ghost Machine gives the familiar Holmesian recipe a thorough remix.  Irene Adler replaces Mrs Hudson and is Holmes’s live-in lover at 221 B,  a situation that Dr Watson has first accepted and then come to like as Miss Adler proves as entertaining as her very brief appearance in A Scandal in Bohemia promised. And Professor Moriarty has a devilish and fiendishly cunning daughter, Marie Chartier, who features in all three works. Writing longer works (as opposed to short works)...

It was another busy month for audiobooks and another chart topping month for Geoff Finch's 'Uncollected Cases' whilst Caiden Myles had both his 'Further Memoirs' collections in the top five in the month when the Kickstarter launches for his third volume. 1.   The Uncollected Cases of Sherlock Holmes – Geoff Finch and Michael Langan 2.   The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Book II – Caiden Cooper Myles and Luke Barton 3.   The Infinitely Stranger Cases of Sherlock Holmes – Paula Hammond and Michael Langan 4.   The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Caiden Cooper Myles and Luke Barton 5.   The Complete Max Carrados, Volume I – David Marcum and Michael...