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David Marcum Paul Gilbert has amazingly been pulling Holmes pastiches from Watson’s Tin Dispatch Box since 2007, and he’s recovered a lot of them over the years, and they’re all quite good. He’s one of those pasticheurs that can be trusted to relate narratives about the TRUE Sherlock Holmes – the Canonical and traditional Holmes. One needn’t fear that Gilbert’s works will go off the cliff by presenting a broken defective sociopath set in the wrong century – or worse. This volume contains nine “Tales of Darkness” – six new and three previously published – and they’re all just right....

David Marcum Susan Knight entered the realm of Sherlockian pasticheurs with her Mrs. Hudson series of mysteries – both short stories and novels. Mrs. Hudson, as mentioned by name, appears in fourteen Canonical adventures, about 25% of the stories, and there are a few other Canonical tales that refer to the landlady or the puzzling Mrs. Turner. Ms. Knight’s stories, narrated by literature’s most famous and patient landlady, serve to expand greatly upon the very little we know about her from The Canon. In her latest Mrs. Hudson tale, she’s resting after the events of her recent Continental trip, as...

It's been a record-breaking year of sales for Sherlock Holmes audiobook so far in 2023. Here's the top 30 titles - including lots for David Marcum and Paul Gilbert. It's the wonderful collection from Terry Golledge that tops the chart - Publishers Weekly commented on "(Golledge) instantly joins the ranks of Doyle’s most gifted emulators with this stellar collection of 10 previously unpublished stories".   1.   The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes – Terry Golledge and Michael Langan 2.   Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Heka – David Marcum and Luke Barton 3.   Sherlock Holmes and the Sixty Steps – Séamas Duffy and Michael Langan 4.   A Continuum of...

David Marcum "This is a hefty, solid collection of traditional and Canonical tales" Arthur Hall has written quite a bit outside the Holmes genre, but his Sherlockian works are obviously my favorites. Years ago, he started with a single Holmes short story, buried in a volume of non-Holmesian tales, before pivoting to write a few Holmes novels. Then he was recruited as a contributor to “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories” and he never looked back. I understand that he has more ideas for his ongoing espionage series – but Watson won’t leave him alone! “The Recollections of...

David Marcum "This is a collection that should be owned and read by every Sherlockian – well-written, original, and accurately reflective of the times in which Holmes and Watson lived."  Tom Turley is back with another collection of his very-excellent Sherlock Holmes adventures, all completely and accurately taken from Watson’s notes, by way of Tom’s background with a Ph.D. in British History. There is a veracity to his tales that is unmatched. Through this collection, as well as Tom’s previous book, Sherlock Holmes and The Crowned Heads of Europe, we see those tumultuous years of Victoria’s latter decades, and what...