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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Volumes 49-52 Author Interviews

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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Volumes 49-52 Author Interviews

The final four volumes (49-52) of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are now on Kickstarter (click here). Every day we will be featuring one of the authors in the collection. Here's a list of the interviews: 7th March - Bonnie MacBird  8th March - Brenda Seabrooke 9th March - Dan Rowley 10th March - David MacGregor  11th March - David Marcum 12th March - DJ Tyrer 13th March - Jeff Matthews 14th March - John Lawrence 15th March - Kevin Thornton 16th March - Liz Hedgecock 17th March - Mike Adamson 18th March - Mike Chinn 19th...

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The Sherlockian Interview - Bonnie MacBird

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The Sherlockian Interview - Bonnie MacBird

The final four volumes (49-52) of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories are now on Kickstarter (click here). Every day we will be featuring one of the authors in the collection. Today its Bonnie MacBird. What’s the name of your story in the collection? In these volumes I have written a forward but in previous volumes I've contributed a story, Adventure at the Beau Soleil,  "Two Sonnets” and a comedy poem.. "Sweet Violin" How did the story come about? It began as a moment in a longer work, then I thought it had legs, so I decided to...

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Sherlock Books Generate Over 1600 Meals for ShareTheMeal

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Sherlock Books Generate Over 1600 Meals for ShareTheMeal

We're delighted to confirm that since we began donating a meal for every book bought on this website, we have now passed 1600 meals donated. We encourage all others with online shops to do the same. It's a way for every customer that uses your shop to make a difference to those in need. The ShareTheMeal program has now passed over 255 million meals.      Our co-founder, Steve Emecz, has been an external advisory council member for the last eight years for the WFP Innovation Accelerator in Munich. He's participated in many bootcamps and innovation nights as well as mentoring several...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Mary Watson In The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Mary Watson In The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes Magazine In the late nineteenth-century London, beneath the glitz lay social turmoil. Mary Watson, inspired by her husband and Sherlock Holmes, battles injustice and aids the vulnerable.   Mary Watson: In The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes is available from this site and also from:   Amazon USA     Barnes and Noble    Amazon UK About This Book: London, end of the century, the capital of the largest empire of the world: a sprawling city populated by millions of people. Yet not all that glitters is gold. Behind, or rather beneath the lights and extravagance, the theaters and music,...

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Top 25 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in January

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Top 25 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in January

Another big month for Sherlock Holmes audiobooks. January's top three Sherlock Holmes are all short story collections, but there are some novels in the top ten including David Marcum's 'Sherlock Holmes and The Eye of Heka'. A rare sight is a non-fiction title - Vince Stadon's very funny 'Hounded' tells the tale of his obsession with Hound of The Baskervilles. All three of Tracy Revel's new 'Tales of Light, Shadow and Darkness' make the top twenty again.   1.   The Six-Thirteen from Fairfield Junction and Other Cases of Sherlock Holmes – Denis O Smith and Kevin E Green 2.   The Additional Investigations of...

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