Peter E. Blau reviews The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories

“THE MX BOOK OF NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES, edited by David Marcum (London: MX Publishing, 2015), is an anthology of straight-forward pastiches, carefully selected from what Marcum calls the “Great Watsonian Oversoul.” Marcum believes that “there never can be enough good Holmes stories, relating the activities of the true, correct, and traditional Holmes,” and he offers more than sixty stories, almost all previously unpublished, by authors who are old hands at writing pastiches or newcomers to the genre. The stories (and occasional poems and scripts) are nicely done indeed, and the collection consists of three volumes (439/416/418 pp.) Recommended. MX’s web-sites are at <www.mxpublishing.com> and <mxpublishing.co.uk>. The authors have donated their royalties to the preservation of Undershaw, Conan Doyle’s former home, which is being converted by the DFN Foundation into a school <http://www.steppingstones.org.uk/>, and the success of the anthology and triggered work on three more volumes <www.tinyurl.com/goj4jap>.” Volume IV will be released on 22nd May. The MX Books of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are available from all good bookstores including The Strand Magazine, Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository . In ebook format it is in Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Apple iBooks (iPad/iPhone).