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“Anybody who has ever read the Sherlock Holmes mysteries knows that there were two constant companions of the great sleuth, Dr. Watson and his tobacco pipe. This book covers in detail the pipes and tobacco that Holmes enjoyed throughout his fictional lifetime. If you enjoy the stories you will also enjoy the simplicity and straightforward facts that are laid out by the writer. To put it simply, I really enjoyed this book and would suggest this to anyone who is a fan of the series.”  5 stars [Amazon USA] Sherlock Holmes as a Pipe Smoker is available from all good...

“It is high time someone made real people of the Scotland Yard detectives, rather than mere foils to be outshone by Sherlock Holmes. Marcia Wilson accomplishes the task brilliantly in her novel You Buy Bones. Set at the beginning of the Canon, it creates backstories for Gregson, Bradstreet, and Lestrade that show them to be conscientious, caring men, faithfully performing an often thankless job despite their private troubles. Yet, the book’s lead character is not Lestrade or Holmes (who is around just long enough to set impossible deductive standards) but Dr. John H. Watson. Here is the Watson of A...

“David Ruffle’s latest takes our heroes to New York, after Holmes accepts a commission to train its police detectives in his methods.   Before long, however, he and Watson journey to Fall River, Massachusetts to reinvestigate the Borden Mur­ders, still officially unsolved five years beyond.   Complicating their task is a series of new slaughters, for it seems the notorious Lizzie has not ground her last ax.  Ruffle’s research is com­mend­able; he quotes extensively from transcripts of the famous trial and enlivens his text with contemporary photographs.  The minor characters are all well drawn (some are also interestingly named!); and...

“James Carlopio’s SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE JULY CRISIS (London: MX Publishing, 2015; 148 pp.) is a story created with an interesting approach: he has used words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs taken from the Canon to devise a new pastiche, resulting in a tale told very much in the style of Conan Doyle; some of the plot devices will be familiar, but Carlopio has succeeded in achieving what he calls “creative editing.”  The author has a web-site at <www.jamescarlopio.com>.” Sherlock Holmes and the July Crisis 2nd Edition is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK and for free shipping worldwide Book...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is brought back to life in this new story created by Dr. Carlopio using the words of the original master in his unique editorial fiction method. The incomparable Sherlock Holmes is involved in the build-up to WWI … we have a stolen treaty, an attempted robbery of millions of French Gold, German spies and a brush with the incomparable Irene Adler all within the historically accurate context of the July Crisis. Sherlock Holmes and the July Crisis 2nd Edition is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK and for free shipping...