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With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (currently on Kickstarter), we're talking to the authors involved. Today (8th April) it's Mark Mower.   Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies I live in a very rural area of eastern England, about 18 miles south of the fine city of Norwich. Alongside my writing, I work part-time in a local vineyard. My hobbies include building Holmes-related scenes in Lego and playing heavy rock guitar (not at the same time, you’ll be pleased to hear). What’s the name of...

Topping the chart this month is Margaret Walsh's latest novel, Sherlock Holmes and The Case of Neb-Heka-Ra. Terry Golledge's collection 'The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes was the bestselling audiobook of 2023 and continues to be very popular. Short story collections dominate the top five with new collections from Caiden Cooper Myles, John Lawrence and Paula Hammond. Great to see a modern adaptation, Murder In The Library make the top ten. 1.   Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of Neb-Heka-Ra – Margaret Walsh and Kevin E Green 2.   The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes – Terry Golledge and Michael Langan 3.   The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Caiden...

With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (currently on Kickstarter), we're talking to the authors involved. Today (6th April) it's David Marcum. Tell us a little about yourself – Where you live and your main hobbies: I was born, raised, and still live in Eastern Tennessee, about ten miles from the Great Smoky Mountains. Almost all my ancestors are English or Scottish, and they were here back before the Revolutionary War. By day, I’m the Senior Civil Engineer for my home town’s Public Works Department. I enjoy family time, reading and writing, playing piano,...

With the upcoming launch of volumes 43-45 of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories (currently on Kickstarter), we're talking to the authors involved. Today (5th April) it's Mike Chinn. Where you live and your main hobbies. I live in Birmingham, UK, with my wife Caroline and a little tribe of guinea pigs (presently three). My main hobby seems to be writing, since I definitely don't make enough money for it to be called a job (luckily I've been retired for ten years, so that's not a problem). I buy books to add to a growing pile that I'll never live long...

Sherlock Holmes Society of London "The Hound of the Baskervilles, adapted and illustrated by Petr Kopl is clever, funny, beautiful and brilliant. It’s the first in Mr Kopl’s Victoria Regina series (A Scandal in Bohemia is the fourth). Don’t be surprised to find the narrative intersecting with the events of Dracula, The Lost World, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and even Rossum’s Universal Robots, as well as other exploits of Holmes and Watson. Look closely at the illustrations and you’ll see all sorts of unexpected details — though you may be too engrossed in the story on first reading.”     Amazon USA   Amazon UK ...