News — Book Launches

Philip K Jones (aka The Ill Dressed Vagabond) is one of the USA's most respected Holmes reviewers and maintains a huge database of Holmes pastiches and fiction. Here is his review of The Case of The Russian Chessboard; "This is a short novel set in the late 19th Century in London.  Holmes and Watson are drawn into an investigation of Russian revolutionaries plotting and recruiting among London’s Liberals.  It brings them into the world of plot and counterplot, agent and counteragent that set the standards for 20th Century Social Commentary.  The Emigrés and the Okhrana define the moves and relations...

Dan Andriacco's first book in June this year has been a big hit with Holmes fans around the world and the blog of the same name Baker Street Beat has thousands of visitors. Dan refers to both as 'various Sherlockian scribblings and ramblings' and the book's mix of pastiches, radio plays, articles and stories written in the style of a highly articulate fan, is the only book we have that only has 5 star reviews on Amazon, eleven of them at time of writing. What will be interesting is to see the reaction of his growing Holmesian fan base when...

We caught up with Kate Workman from New Jersey ahead of the May launch of her debut novel 'Rendezvous at the Populaire' in which a badly injured Sherlock Holmes is coaxed out of retirement to tackle the Phantom of the Opera. Kate explains that pitting two literary giants against each other was too tempting to resist. What was the main inspiration for the book? My main inspiration for Rendezvous at the Populaire was simply that I love the idea of Holmes and the Phantom not only matching wits, but potentially joining forces.  They are both giants in the literary world...

It was no surprise to friends and family of Felicia Carparelli that the main character in her new thriller 'Murder In The Library' is a Sherlock Holmes fan. Felicia has been a big Holmes fan for as far back as she can remember. The book is released on 28th April and was a natural choice for MX Publishing as the UK's main publishers of modern Holmes pastiches. Managing Editor Steve comments: "We rarely publish straight crime fiction (as we mostly do pastiches and historical books), but we couldn't resist Felicia's fun thriller because of it's winding story around Sherlock Holmes....

As a publisher we have about 100 books and about 60 authors now, and sometimes we publish a book that we use ourselves. That's the case with the new book from Alex Buckley - Ssh! Lose Weight in 20 Minutes. I couldn't help but feel that Alex was talking about me in his description of a 40 year old who spends time commuting, in front of a computer, likes my food and wine and doesn't do enough exercise. Sound familiar? Alex was fat - in fact, he was clinically obese and his GP had told him so. He'd tried every...