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Ross Foad's video book reviews seem to be getting better and better and this week he tackles Sherlock Holmes and the Lyme Regis Horror. The first edition was a bestseller with Holmes fans around the world - the new edition gains another 100 pages and some more short stories complementing the main Lyme Regis based novel. The review is the highest scoring one we've had. Part 1 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YLQgpBGYFs?rel=0] Part 2 [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i43WN442QV4?rel=0]

A very detailed video review from Ross Foad, of the definitive record of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's life by Brian W Pugh. A Chronology of Arthur Conan Doyle is available through all good bookstores, including Amazon UK, Amazon USA and in electronic format such as Amazon Kindle and on iTunes/iBooks for the iPad.   [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELKJ0DmP_S8?rel=0]

"Overall this is an exciting and entertaining read which will definitely appeal to both Sherlockians and fans of Bram Stoker." The Bookbag is the one of the world's largest book review sites and we are always excited to receive the email from them that a review of one of our books is ready. Their review of Gerry O'Hara's first novel Sherlock Holmes and The Affair in Transylvania was a great one to read. "I normally start reviews with a brief plot summary, but it seems almost besides the point to do so for a book entitled Sherlock Holmes and the Affair in Transylvania....

"Johnson’s talent as an author of dark fiction is striking and his ability to explore the different shades of the genre are remarkable as shown in this very enjoyable book." In The Night, In The Dark is a collection of supernatural ghost stories from Roger Johnson that includes the collection 'The Tales from the Endeavour' which won the 2001 Dracula Society's Children of the Night Award for 2001 (an award first won by Sir Terry Pratchett with 'Mort'). "Roger Johnson is a dark fantasy writer…and a chameleon. Ten years ago he published a collection of ghost stories in the tradition...

Described by The Sherlock Holmes Society of London as "An exciting and witty romp" Dan Andriacco's first novel No Police Like Holmes has been a big hit with Holmes fans around the world. It's not a pastiche though, it is a mystery featuring Holmes fans rather than the great detective himself. His first book was Baker Street Beat which is also the name of his blog, contained essays, a pastiche and some radio plays. It's fiction though that Dan really likes to write. Here, one of the main Sherlock Holmes reviewers in the USA, Philip K Jones (aka The Ill Dressed Vagabond) gives us...