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Unfiltered and unscripted we continue our look into the application of Sherlockian practices through Media and film/TV. You can learn how to become a deductionist from Ben's book 'The Monographs'. This week we look at Lee Child’s gift to us - Jack Reacher. To the well trained reasoner, nothing is small, just like paying for parking! Eliminating the impossible, you see but you do not observe, inductive reasoning, oceans razor is all present and accounted for as well as my personal favourite due to its relevance, emotional qualities being antagonistic to clear reasoning.  

An extract from 'The Adventure of the Wordy Companion: An A-Z guide to Sherlockian Phraseology' by Nicko Vaughan Here are just five of the 'E's referenced in Nicko's Wordy Companion: Ejaculate – Regardless of its modern meaning, the meaning of the word in the 1800s was shout out at something with shock or surprise. The word is peppered throughout the canon of stories but a few of my favourite examples are from The Sign of Four, “‘Thank God!’ I ejaculated from my very heart.”  The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, “Finally, he sprang down with an ejaculation of satisfaction.” And in...

An extract from 'The Adventure of the Wordy Companion: An A-Z guide to Sherlockian Phraseology' by Nicko Vaughan Here are just five of the 'D's referenced in Nicko's Wordy Companion: Decrepitude – something which is worn out and ruined, aged or elderly. In The Boscombe Valley Mystery it is used to describe murder suspect Mr John Turner “His slow, limping step and bowed shoulders gave the appearance of decrepitude, and yet his hard, deep-lined, craggy features, and his enormous limbs showed that he was possessed of unusual strength of body and of character.” Danseuse – a term for a female ballet...

1. Sherlock Holmes and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper – Gerard Kelly and  Kevin Theis 2.  Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Case Files – Mark Mower and Steve White 2.  The Demon of the Dusk: The Rediscovered Cases of Sherlock Holmes Book 1 – Arthur Hall and Nick Crosby 4. Sherlock Holmes and a Hole in the Devil’s Tail – Viktor Messick and Kevin Theis 5. The Druid of Death – A Sherlock Holmes Adventure – Richard T Ryan and  Nigel Peever   Full list of audio books on the Sherlock Holmes Audio Books Collection   

Ben Cardall, 'The Deductionist' is the closest to a modern day Sherlock Holmes that you can get. In his latest video he reacts to the CBS show 'Elementary' a second time. The feedback to his first Elementary review was so strong he takes another look.  You can learn how to become Sherlock from Ben's book 'The Monographs'.