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Publishers Weekly Reviews - The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories
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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories has now reached fifty-two volumes and just keeps breaking records - the most new stories (over 1000), the most participating authors (over 200), etc - but its the quality of the reviews that is the most rewarding. There are a staggering 23 positive reviews from Publishers Weekly - a record - here are links to them all (nineteen are starred reviews). Contributors include Lee Child, Jonathan Kellerman, Lyndsay Faye, Les Klinger, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and many more. We're now offering monthly subscriptions on all fifty two volumes. "Mind-bending puzzles are...
The Sherlockian Interview - Andrew Salmon
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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 Andrew Salmon. What’s the name of your story in the collection?My tale is entitled “The Adventure of the Fearless Postman” and it appears in Part LII: The True Sherlock Holmes: England’s Greatest Hero (1902-1923) How did the story come about?The tale inserts Holmes and Watson into a real historical event: the Houndsditch massacre where the police and soldiers were locked in a standoff with anarchists...
Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes and The Eye of Heka
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Lee Child (NY Times Bestselling Author of the 'Reacher' series) "Marcum could be today's greatest Sherlockian writer, and Conan Doyle himself would be proud of this story." Sherlock Holmes Society of London "David Marcum is a very prolific writer of Holmesian pastiche, and needs no further introduction. This is a full-length novel of depth and subtlety. The plot blends together classic detection, Watson’s personal life, some high ideals, and a lot of the usual skulduggery; in other words, there is something for everyone. The narrative moves seamlessly between authentic extracts from the Canon and Mr Marcum’s own...
New Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks - March 2025
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It's been a fantastic start to March in terms of new Sherlock Holmes audiobooks with six new books already launched. Click the links to hear a preview on Audible. The Curious Cases of Sherlock Holmes - Volume Three The Business of Baker Street Sherlock Holmes and the Deathly Clairvoyant Watson's Wives and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes and the Abominable Worm of Fleet Street The Autistic Sleuth
The Sherlockian Interview - Joseph Svec
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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 Joseph Svec. What’s the name of your story in this collection, and what is it about (with no spoilers)? Being that this is the final volume in the series, my rhymed and metered story poem is entitled, “Sherlock Holmes: the End”, and has Sherlock discussing what to do in retirement, and then brings up the question of, how will his fans react? Another...