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Philip K. Jones reviews Mark of the Baskerville Hound by Wilfred Huettel

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“This author is new to Sherlockian fiction, with his only previous book a history of U-Boat warfare in the Gulf of Mexico.  For a first effort at Sherlockian fiction, or any fiction, for that matter, this book is remarkable.  The events recounted take place in the 1980s and the story is hard to define.  It is a mystery and a horror story and a romance, all combined.  It has supernatural elements if one chooses to read it that way, yet it is also intimately involved in psychology and, of all things, Theology.  Perhaps I can explain my viewpoint best by...

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Samuel Williams was a proud winner at the 2012 Southern California Book Festival this month

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Samuel Williams was a proud winner at the 2012 Southern California Book Festival this month. His Sherlock Holmes novel - Anomalous - received the ‘Honorable Mention’ award in the hotly contested General Fiction category. Anomalous – The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is available from bookstores including in the USA Barnes and Noble and Amazon, in the UK Waterstones, Amazon and Book Depository (free worldwide delivery) and in electronic formats – iTunes (iPad), Kindle, Nook and Kobo.

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