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Live Book Launch - Sherlock Holmes and The Remarkable Power of Stimulus
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Live from Holland, Pensylvania and London, England - the book launch of Gretchen Altabef's 2nd Holmes novel - The Remarkable Power of Stimulus. Fans from several countries took part in the author Q&A.
What is a Super Recogniser? The Deductionist Podcast Episode 8
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Ben Cardall, The Deductionist, tells us about Super Recognisers.... (become like Sherlock Holmes with his how to guide 'The Monographs')
Book Review - The Art of Sherlock Holmes Global II
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Sherlock Holmes Society of London A fourth volume in Phil Growick’s continuing project to commission original artwork to illustrate a range of new Sherlock Holmes stories. As with the earlier volumes, a share of the proceeds from the book goes to Stepping Stones School at Undershaw, the Happy Life Children’s Home in Nairobi, and the American Cancer Society. This is a sumptuous book, featuring thirteen stories with accompanying artwork produced in a variety of colourful mediums from artists across the globe. The stand-out works for me were three oil on canvas creations by Jolanda Richter (illustrating Tony Reynolds, ‘The Adventure...
Book Review - Sherlockian Stories and Studies
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Sherlock Holmes Society of London The author of Sherlock Holmes and the Folk Tale Mysteries shows her versatility here, with four new Holmes stories in the classic style; a delightful tale, “The Case of the Refurbished Room”, narrated by Bertie Wooster, in which his man Jeeves’s uncle is called out of retirement to investigate strange goings-on at Aunt Agatha’s country house — said uncle being Sherlock Holmes; a neat little fantasy, with the apparently irrelevant title of “The Case of the Loud Librarians”; a nice comedy sketch in which Jack Stapleton tries and fails to buy a suitably vicious dog;...
Do I need more Sherlock Holmes Pastiches?
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A big thanks to David Marcum for adapting this meme.... We have published more Sherlock Holmes pastiches than any other publisher by far - getting near 1,000 - with over 500 in the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories collection alone.