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It’s 1906. Far from England, the Ottoman Empire ruled by the despotic Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid 11 is on the verge of imploding. Rival Great Powers, especially Kaiser Wilhelm’s Germany, sit watching like crows on a fence, ready to rush in to carve up the vast territories, menacing England’s vital overland routes to her Indian possessions. At his medical practice in London’s Marylebone Watson receives a mystifying telegram. It’s from Holmes. ‘Dear Watson, if you can throw physic to the dogs for an hour or two I would appreciate meeting at the stone cross at Charing Cross railway station tomorrow noon. I...

“I thoroughly enjoyed all five of the stories in the ‘Tangled Skeins’. All very different but all have the same A.C.Doyle magic woven into them by the author. David Marcum captures the real feel of London and it’s populace during the period when Holmes was practicing and also beyond, when in retirement. Vivid scenes are set and he brings them to life with just sufficient detail to allow your imagination to fill in the rest. Bravo! I shall definitely be reading more of Mr Marcum’s work!” Reviewed by Dick Gillman Sherlock Holmes - Tangled Skeins is available from all good bookstores...

“This hardback edition, published in 2014, combines two earlier collections. Volume I consists of traditional pastiches, ranging from the faintly comic to the genuinely tragic, and even including a case-within-a-case. All the stories are cleverly plotted and very much in Conan Doyle’s own style. The latter tales are more ambitious, in that they begin during the period of Holmes’ supposed “retirement,” when (at his brother Mycroft’s urging) he worked to counter German espionage prior to World War I, as recounted by Doyle in “His Last Bow.“ That poignant case was hardly Holmes’ last bow for David Marcum. With remarkable originality,...

“… Wendy C. Fries writes with such wonderful humour and joy, not one story falls short. Holmes and Watson are portrayed vividly and with such skill you do not need the date markers or hansoms or the London Eye to tell whether you’re in Victorian London or in modern London…” Reviewed by The Melbourne Review of Books Read the full review here. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson: The Day They Met is available from all good bookstores including   Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository . In ebook format...

The recent decease of one of the descendents of Dr. Watson has brought to light his personal papers. These include a number of stories that Dr. Watson suppressed at the time for various reasons. As all involved are long dead, the inheritor has agreed to the publication of a set the most interesting adventures. This new edition includes a further discovered story - The Adventure of The Cricketers. The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores worldwide, including  Amazon USA,Barnes and Noble, Amazon UK  , Waterstones. For elsewhere Book Depository who offer free delivery worldwide. In...