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Some Parisian Hot-Desking
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One of the stories in the current Kickstarter campaign for The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Volume VIII is about Moriarty. Some Parisian Hot-Desking So what did he do? What made Professor Moriarty the Napoleon of crime? This account of events from 1899 involving an assassination attempt on a French President, a salon of dubious reputation visited by the future Edward VII, the most outré item of furniture ever created, and two women of surpassing beauty discloses why Holmes regarded Moriarty in the way that he did as he uncovers the most titillating royal and presidential scandals. Now on Kicksarter - The Redacted Sherlock...
Sherlock Book Reviews - Oscar Slater A Killer Exposed
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Strand Magazine Arthur Conan Doyle was an amateur detective in real life. His most famous investigation, where he strove mightily to clear the name of George Edalji, a man accused of a series of attacks, has been fictionalized and adapted for radio, screen, and stage many times. Another prominent but less discussed investigation of his is the case of Oscar Slater, who was convicted of the 1908 murder of Marion Gilchrist, an affluent Scotch woman. Slater was accused of beating her to death and stealing her jewelry, but from the outset, he had a strong support base. As the years passed,...
Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes Five Miles of Country
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Sherlock Holmes Magazine In 1896, Holmes meets Edison at the dawn of moving pictures. Murder, ghosts and mystery intertwine as Holmes and Watson navigate New York's diverse landscape alongside police chief Theodore Roosevelt. Reedsy The novel offers a fresh take on so many stock Holmes elements that could have been stale; for fans and others it is a pleasurable read. Orlando Pearson The oh-so familiar figure of Sherlock Holmes and the world created by Arthur Conan Doyle would at first sight be a constraint on a 21st century writer.Do you write about that world as though nothing had changed...
Bestselling Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in May 2024
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Another record month for audiobooks sales and The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes tops the charts for May. Welcome news for Caiden as he's working on Volume 2 as we speak. Martin Daley's Selected Cases and Terry Golledge's Rediscovered Annals are other collections with a strong month but its Kelvin Jone's fascinating new release of articles and stories from the magazine 'The New Sherlockian' that is the surprise entry at number three. David Marcum's excellent novel Eye of Heka is the highest placed novel in the chart. 1. The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Caiden Cooper Myles and Luke Barton...
Sherlock Book Reviews - Synchrony Strategem - Sinister House Book 3
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Reedsy "This book is a worthy addition to the SH book world, so I recommend it to all SH fans across the globe." The third book in the Sherlock Holmes Sinister House series. Also available from Amazon USA.