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Today we talk to DJ Tyrer who appears in Part XLII: 1895-1903 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign.   What’s the name of your story in the collection? The title of my story is The Mulberry Frock Coat Mystery, which, whilst referencing an element integral to the mystery, will, I hope, leave readers guessing at what exactly is happening and why.Where did you first discover Holmes? The earliest Holmes story I can just dimly recall reading was the Ladybird Children’s Classics adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Although it was, obviously,...

Today we talk to Mike Chinn who appears in Part XLI: 1887-1894 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign.     What’s the name of your story in the collection?"The Mystery of the Unstolen Document" and was inspired by London's 19th century pornography industry centred around Holywell Street.Where did you first discover Holmes?At quite an early age I was aware of Sherlock Holmes. He's one of those characters who has entered the public consciousness so that people who have never read of word or seen a film or TV episode know all about...

  Today we talk to Susan Knight who appears in Part Part XL: 1877-1887 and Part XLII: 1895-1903 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign. 1. I have two stories in the collection, The Adventure of the Old Russian Woman and The St Pancras Puzzle. 2. For these anthologies, David Marcum, the editor, provided a list of untold cases. In fact, I'd had the idea for The Old Russian Woman before receiving the prompt, but it fitted in well. The St Pancras Puzzle arose simply because I found the facts of the case in the original intriguing: a dead policeman at St...

A strong audio month for new releases, with Arthur Hall's Recollections at number one, Paul Gilbert's Tales of Darkness at two and Margaret Walsh's Hellfire Heirs at four. Our two bestselling audios of 2023 complete the top five with David Marcum's Eye of Heka and Terry Gollege's Rediscovered Annals having another stellar month. 1.   The Recollections of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Hall and Michael Langan 2.   Sherlock Holmes: The Tales of Darkness – Paul D Gilbert and Simon de Deney 3.   The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes – Terry Golledge and Michael Langan 4.   Sherlock Holmes and the Hellfire Heirs – Margaret Walsh and Kevin E Green 5.   Sherlock...

Today we talk to Brett Fawcett who appears in Part Part XL: 1877-1887 currently on Kickstarter as part of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories XL to XLII campaign.   What’s the name of your story in the collection?My story is titled "The True Account of the Dorrington Ruby Affair."How did the story come about? As a child, I wondered what Watson was talking about in The Valley of Fear when he mentioned how famous Inspector MacDonald had become. As an adult, when I read the stories of the gentleman burglar Arthur J. Raffles (written, or at least edited, by Arthur Conan Doyle's...