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There are many different types of Holmes pastiche and its an area that's growing fast for us as a publisher. The most common is what many refer to as a 'traditional pastiche'. Telling new stories, in the style of Conan Doyle, with the same characters, in the same time period. When you read a good traditional pastiche, you can imagine that it could have come from the pen of Conan Doyle. Within this genre, there are short story collections, like The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes (Tony Reynolds), and The Outstanding Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes (Gerard Kelly) that follow the...

New York city born Kieran McMullen is a veteran of both the Korean DMZ and Desert Storm, which gives you a clue as to the level of military detail there is in his debut Holmes novel - Watson's Afghan Adventure. This attention to detail has drawn admirers from across the Sherlockian fan base around the world. His blog is one of the most popular on Watson on the web - with his recent series entitled 'The Many Watsons' has elicited many positive comments. We found Kieran busy preparing for another military re-enactment for an interview. What was the main inspiration...

There are few Holmes writers that are as immersed in the life of Dr.Watson than Molly Carr. A fan for most of her life she even has a distinction in Watsonian studies. Her writing career started with the first two adventures in the "Female Sherlock Holmes" series which sees Mrs.Watson and her side-kick Emily Fanshaw take centre stage running a detective agency of their own. 'The Sign of Fear' was extremely well received amongst Sherlockians and the followup 'A Study In Crimson' had the fans chuckling again at the ladies exploits. A brief interlude in the Watson and Fanshaw series...

Within a few moments of talking to Alistair Duncan his passion for Arthur Conan Doyle's work shows. He is working hard on his fourth book 'An Entirely New Country' due out in a few months time which covers Conan Doyle's time at Undershaw, probably his most famous home. The future of Undershaw is uncertain with the Undershaw preservation Trust (of whom Duncan is a strong supporter) fighting to preserve the house in Doyle's memory. We dragged Alistair away from his research to ask him a few questions about the new book, and a few about his previous three books which...

[caption id="attachment_441" align="alignright" width="98" caption="Shadowfall"][/caption] A history professor at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Tracy Revels has been a Sherlock Holmes fan since 5th grade.  She teaches a class on Sherlock Holmes called “The Game’s Afoot!” along with more conventional courses in Civil War and women’s history.  Shadowfall is her first novel and already a bestseller amongst Holmes fans since its launch last month. What was the main inspiration for the book? I’ve loved the Sherlock Holmes canon since I was a child.  I also enjoy dark, spooky, supernatural fiction.  As a historian, I naturally read a lot of...