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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022 - Week 37
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Week 37 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022 If you'd like to see our newest books, many of which are available pre-publication click here - New Sherlock Holmes Books - the 50% off all new 2022 books offer runs until the end of September... Out this week are two books: Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Yuletide Puzzle and The Valley of Fear - Blackeyed Theatre Script plus there are five (5!) Sherlock Holmes campaigns on Kickstarter. Free Audiobooks All existing books this week (we have 3 brand new ones waiting for Audible to push live so fingers crossed for next...
Sherlock Book Review - Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Yuletide Puzzle
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Reedsy "Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Yuletide Puzzle" by Ed Trotta is a mystery you can enjoy any time of the year." In Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Yuletide Puzzle, the notorious detective was not trying to piece together a murder mystery. No, in this book, he was trying to decipher a cryptogram. Cryptogram puzzles come in different forms, but the result is always the same—decode the encrypted text. This particular puzzle was hand-delivered to Holmes. There was no postage. No fingerprints. No identifying marks of who gave the envelope to Mrs. Hudson, who gave it to Sherlock....
Book Review - Sherlock Holmes and The Nine Dragon Sigil
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John H Watson Society Unlike several of the reviews I’ve written for the Society so far, this book (which was sent to me by the author, Tim Symonds) features a Holmesian story much like the ones in the Canon. Watson is the narrator, Holmes and his case are the focus, and it takes place in the era that the Canon was originally set. This will, I am sure, make a number of Society members very happy. The story, as noted in the publisher’s summary, takes place in 1906 and is firmly set during the Retirement Era. Holmes is away in...
Queen Elizabeth 2nd and John Jochimsen
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It was with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Queen Elisabeth II yesterday. Whilst MX is best known for our work with Sherlock Holmes, some of our fans will know that we also work on many biographies. One of those was for John Jochimsen (80 Years Gone In A Flash) who himself sadly passed a week ago in his late nineties too. John was one of the most accomplished photographers of the 20th Century and took many amazing photographs of the Queen. He was one of the last people alive to have been at Treetops when the...
#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022 - Week 36
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Week 36 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022 If you'd like to see our newest books, many of which are available pre-publication click here - New Sherlock Holmes Books Out this week is Sherlock Holmes and The Sixty Steps which got a stunning review from Publishers Weekly; "Duffy’s superb third pastiche collection (after 2015’s Sherlock Holmes and the Four Corners of Hell) perfectly captures Conan Doyle’s tone....Duffy merits comparison with Denis Smith and David Marcum, the top current authors penning new Holmes stories." Launched today on Kickstarter are: The Poisoned Penman - A Sherlock Holmes Adventure The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories...