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This week, author and playwright David MacGregor reviews the first two (from four) volumes of the Mr Holmes Advent Calendar. Each one has 24 mysteries to solve. You can get all four from Amazon USA and Amazon UK. Volume 1 These clever and fanciful mini-mysteries are somewhat reminiscent of the old Encyclopedia Brown stories, in which readers are presented with a baffling scenario and then invited to propose their own solution, before simply turning a page to discover what the master detective has deduced. With an appealing variety of murders to be solved and codes to be cracked (all accompanied by...

We're delighted to share that our ShareTheMeal program where every Sherlock Holmes book bought on our website generates a meal for the World Food Programme has passed 1,000 meals for 2025. A massive thanks to Bernhard Kowatsch and the team at the WFP's innovation accelerator for bringing innovations like ShareTheMeal to the forefront. Our founder Steve Emecz has been working with the WFP as an external advisory council member for several years and regularly visits Munich for the Accelerator events. We've been running the #booksformeals program for a couple of years now and we have fantastic feedback from both the...

Holmes Fest, the yearly festival celebrating Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Sherlock Holmes in Portsmouth returns this September with 10 days of all-new shows and activities, and MX Publishing is part of the mix, offering prizes and selling books at the Holmes Fest Theatre Show. The full programme, including walks, talks, film screenings, an open mic night and even a murder mystery dinner. It all kicks off on 19th and 20th September with the Holmes Fest Theatre Show  at the Groundlings Theatre, Portsea. With sketches, film, live music, comedy and spoken word, the two hour show is a romp through...

It's a brand new release that tops the charts - a traditional collection of short stories from Geoff Finch. The short story domination continues and you have to go all the way to number fifteen to find the first novel - Rich Ryan's latest Traitorous Templar. Two thirds of the listeners were in the USA. The most listened to were the two Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes editions and it looks like Mike Langan was the most listened to narrator of the month. 1.   The Uncollected Cases of Sherlock Holmes - Geoff Finch and Michael Langan 2.   The Six-Thirteen from Fairfield Junction and...

It's been a fantastic week on Reedsy for Sherlock Holmes books with three books going live with reviews. Here's an extract from each of them. Please visit Reedsy and 'upvote' the books so that they get featured on Reedsy's homepage and newsletter. All the books are available now from our site in our 2025 New Books catalogue with a 3for2 on all the new books.    First up is Sherlock Holmes Takes The Case from David MacGregor. 4/5 stars. "Wherever there's a murder or mysterious goings-on, Holmes and Watson will soon be there. This is a fun, great set of eight...