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The BookBag Even today, London is a remarkable compromise of the old and the new. As Alistair Duncan shows in this volume, the city of Conan Doyle and Holmes has changed – yet not changed. There have been a handful of books in the past on 'Holmes's London', but this is the first of its kind to place equal emphasis on places associated with the detective and his creator.  Starting, obviously, at 221b Baker Street, we learn about the history of the address which was in Victorian days only a fictional address, how it later came into existence (a fascinating...

Every Sunday we're going to celebrate a Sherlock Holmes author with free audiobook codes and an offer on all their books.   This week its Irish writer Geri Schear who has three novels with MX. Fill in our contact form with your choice of Geri's audiobooks (below) letting us know which country you are in - and use the code 3for2schear to get three for two on her books from our Geri Schear collection - code valid until Friday 29th October. Audiobooks: A Biased Judgement: The Sherlock Holmes Diaries 1897 Sherlock Holmes thrives on danger. Sudden knife attacks, being stalked, and facing a network of assassins present little more...

Another in the fascinating series (see also his review of Boris Johnson) The Deductionist (Ben Cardall) reviews Liz Truss's body language using Holmes techniques... Learn how to become a deductionist yourself with Ben's book 'The Monographs'  

Week 42 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022  Out this week in print is the new collection from Mark Mower.  Publishers Weekly had this to say about the Baker Street Archive: "Mower ably emulates Conan Doyle in his solid fifth pastiche collection... Two of the six stories stand out as worthy of the best pasticheurs."  Free Audiobooks Three from our catalogue this week... Please remember to post a rating of the book and a short review if possible as reviews and ratings go to help fund our free audiobook programme. Please use the contact us form, quote #THIF 42-2022 and let us know...

1.   The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon and Other Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Kevin E. Green 2.   Sherlock Holmes and the Sixty Steps – Séamas Duffy and Michael Langan 3.   The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning 4.   The Cherry Tree and the Comma – Orlando Pearson and Keith Spilsbury 5.   The Endeavours of Sherlock Holmes – Mark Wardecker and Michael Langan 6.   Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Archive – Mark Mower and Michael Langan 7.   Sherlock Holmes: The Persian Slipper and Other Stories – Brenda Seabrooke and Kevin E Green 8.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green 9.   Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street...