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Sherlock Holmes Society of London Time to make room on the bookshelf as the three-volume 2023 Annual makes a welcome appearance. Fifty-nine new adventures by authors old and new cover the span of Holmes’s career, from his early days to his retirement, where the game is still very much afoot. Perusing the list of previous stories at the beginning of each volume, it never fails to impress how much editor David Marcum and the more than two hundred enthusiastic contributors have achieved since the first books appeared in 2015. Eight hundred new stories and over £86,600 raised for Undershaw is...

David Marcum I’m always stunned at the valuable work Mike Foy is accomplishing with these massive and fun volumes of Holmes illustrations from around the world and across the years. When the first volume came out, it was amazing – and then came Volumes 2 and 3, which were even more so. Now, with Volume 4, he and MX Publishing have once again outdone themselves. This oversized treasury delves into fascinating images from French, Brazilian, Czech, and American illustrators – each enlarged on its own page for maximum enjoyment and examination. Through these books, I’ve already been able to see...

Sherlock Holmes Society of London - Winter Journal 2023 What we have in this book is a look at all the maladies that feature in the Canon and how they were perceived and treated in Victorian society. The author is a G.P. so you know the facts are solid. A staggering fifty-two diseases are covered, from Diabetes to Lumbago. For each, Howlett follows a pattern: 1. Introduction. 2. Where the disease features in the Canon. 3. How the disease was perceived in Victorian times. 4. How it was treated (rightly or wrongly). 5. How it is viewed by modern medicine....

Sherlock Holmes Magazine (issue 14) "Holmes takes on one other biggest cases of his career, with international ramifications. Could it be that plots to remove the heads of the governments of England, France, and the German Empire are all linked!"    Sydney Passengers - The Passengers Log Journal - Volume 27 - No 1 This is an excellent pastiches for those who are not looking for the 57th short story or the 5th novel featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. And even better, this is only Book One of three, with books Two and Three yet to be published. There appears...

David Marcum Sherlockian pasticheur John Lawrence is back with another excellent collection, this time three new novellas that display both his Sherlockian knowledge and his excellent understanding of history. Lawrence worked in the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill from the mid-1970’s until his retirement in 2013, with his last position being Chief of Staff for Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It’s with this insightful background that he approaches writing Sherlock Holmes adventures. His previous Holmes works include “The Undiscovered Archives of Sherlock Holmes”, made up of short stories collected from previous collections (such as “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes...