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Sherlock Book Reviews - The Holmes & Co Series

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Sherlock Book Reviews - The Holmes & Co Series

Reedsy It’s 1947. Post-war London is slowly settling in to life without bombs and air raid sirens. But wartime spies linger. So do secrets. After a long, dreary winter, Irene Holmes itching for a case to solve. When she notices a man with a cane walking up and down a street and peering into a house into which Dr. Joe Watson’s girlfriend and her three besties have recently moved, Homes’s sleuthing skills kick into overdrive. Irene Holmes, daughter of the famous Sherlock, solves cases the police either dismiss or deem “too tricky” and toss away. But something doesn't smell right....

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The Top 20 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks In Feb 2024

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The Top 20 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks In Feb 2024

  It's another month at the top for the wonderful collection by Terry Golledge with a close second for Paul Gilbert's novel. Joseph Svec's fantasy Holmes tales had a great month with three making the top 20. 1.   The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes – Terry Golledge and Michael Langan 2.   The Treasure of the Poison King – Paul Gilbert and Simon de Deney 3.   Sherlock Holmes Investigates – Susan Knight and Michael Langan 4.   Sherlock Holmes – Eliminate the Impossible – Paula Hammond and Michael Langan 5.   Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Heka – David Marcum and Luke Barton 6.   The Coriolis Effect – Janina Arndt and Tim Welch...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes: The French Conundrum

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes: The French Conundrum

Sherlock Holmes Magazine A cross-continent mystery featuring a host of characters, including C Auguste Dupin. The plot involves assassination attempts, a journey on the Orient Express and a ruthless criminal mastermind.     The Sinister House series is available on this site and; Amazon USA       Barnes and Noble     Amazon UK     Kindle About This Book: Sinister House Book 2 Sherlock Holmes, his trusted friend, Dr. John Watson, and Sherlock’s older brother, Mycroft, had successfully unraveled a devious plot to assassinate Prince Edward Albert, Prince of Wales. With the aid of a colorful assortment of associates, Holmes and...

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Book Review - Adventures of a Teenage Detective

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Book Review - Adventures of a Teenage Detective

Sherlock Holmes Society of London  The subtitle identifies the target readership of this graphic novel. It’s set in the present day, though it begins with a flashback to the terrible event that led to Violet’s being adopted as his daughter by Sherlock Holmes. The story proper begins with Violet’s first day at school after years of home tutoring. It becomes evident that Sherlock had rather special reasons for choosing Bardle School, where break-ins have occurred, computer equipment has been stolen, some pupils and a teacher appear to be engaged in secret activities, and the headmaster has some sort of a...

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Book Reviews - Through a Glass Starkly - A Sherlock Holmes Adventure

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Book Reviews - Through a Glass Starkly - A Sherlock Holmes Adventure

Sherlock Holmes Society of London  This is Richard T. Ryan’s fifth pastiche: a lively and intriguing tale in which Holmes is recruited by his brother Mycroft to ensure the safety of some international diplomats at a secret peace conference convened in 1907. But in serving ‘King and Country’ — and doing their best to prevent the continent of Europe from slipping towards a possible war — Holmes and Watson are also drawn into a number of other seemingly unrelated cases which threaten to derail their investigations. Ryan’s Watsonian voice is superb, and as with his earlier novels the author has...

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