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Sherlock Book Reviews - Oscar Slater A Killer Exposed

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Oscar Slater A Killer Exposed

David Marcum  Oscar Slater has long been known to fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. When ACD’s efforts to prevent miscarriages of justice are listed, this case, along with the George Edalji affair, are the two prime examples. Slater was convicted of a brutal 1908 murder, in spite of questions related to the evidence and trial procedure. He was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to hard labor. During his time in prison, his case became a celebrated cause, and after serving nearly two-decades of hard labor, he was freed. ACD was one of the prime movers into securing...

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A $100 Valentine's Gift For Sherlock Affectionados

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A $100 Valentine's Gift For Sherlock Affectionados

**Special offer up to 14th February - if you sign up to Dear Holmes on the offer below you can let us know and we will send you $100 of Sherlock Holmes books in PDF as an extra gift** Delight your partner-in-crime with interactive Sherlockian mysteries from Dear Holmes. Each month, Sherlock Holmes will ask your detective to take on one of his pending cases. They'll receive weekly clues by mail and have the chance to compete with fellow detectives around the world for the coveted title of “Featured Detective”. And as if that weren't enough, at the end of each...

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2024 - Page A Day Calendar - 50% off for USA Fans

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2024 - Page A Day Calendar - 50% off for USA Fans

As we are now into January, we are selling the last few 2024 Page A Day Calendars at 50% off.  Just add the code '2024half' to the basket and you will get at 50% discount. Only a few copies left.  

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Sherlock Book Reviews - The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Book Reviews - The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes Society of London A most refreshing book from a British writer, pleasingly almost completely devoid of the inappropriate transatlanticisms that I so often find in pastiches, and which I always deplore. The absence of hackneyed references to a tin dispatch box is noted and greatly appreciated. Whilst remaining firmly within Canonical tradition and Watsonian prose style, the author has neatly avoided the many other clichés that mar similar works, and has also managed to introduce a few minor touches that are new, and yet by no means out of place. This is, I note from the final page,...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 37-39

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Sherlock Book Reviews - MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 37-39

Sherlock Holmes Society of London Time to make room on the bookshelf as the three-volume 2023 Annual makes a welcome appearance. Fifty-nine new adventures by authors old and new cover the span of Holmes’s career, from his early days to his retirement, where the game is still very much afoot. Perusing the list of previous stories at the beginning of each volume, it never fails to impress how much editor David Marcum and the more than two hundred enthusiastic contributors have achieved since the first books appeared in 2015. Eight hundred new stories and over £86,600 raised for Undershaw is...

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