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Sherlock Holmes Society of London For anyone looking for an armchair holiday this year, a trip to Cornwall in the company of Holmes and Watson is always to be recommended. With author Johanna M Rieke at the helm, the duo forsakes Baker Street for a mystery that takes them deep into the heart of South-West England, pausing briefly at the lovely Lanhydrock House, described in sumptuous detail, for an account of the problem before heading out into the wider area to tackle the investigation with gusto. Throughout, Rieke’s love of history shines from the pages, touching coast and country, taking...

Ben Cardall, The Deductionist, takes a detailed look at the body language of the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.   (become like Sherlock Holmes with his how to guide 'The Monographs')  

David Marcum John Lawrence was well known before he ever ventured into the Sherlockian sandbox. With a PhD in history, he worked for nearly forty years as a top staff person in the US House of Representatives, with his final eight years there as the Chief of Staff for Speaker Nancy Pelosi. When he turned his attention to Sherlock Holmes, he hit the ground running with a reputation for excellence, and he hasn’t looked back.     The original (and pitifully few) five-dozen Canonical adventures ranged from small affairs to those with international implications, but with so few stories, only so...

David Marcum This volume, the second collection of Holmes short stories by G.C. Rosenquist, brings us ten stories about Our Heroes of Baker Street, three of which have previously appeared in “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories”. Like his earlier volume, “The Pearl of Death”, Rosenquist writes of the True Sherlock Holmes, set in the correct time period. My personal favorite in this current collection is “The Adventure of a Thousand Stings”, in which Holmes and Watson uncover a most unusual method of murder – only to find it turned upon them as well.  Having produced two sizeable...

Jacobite Book Review This is an unusual book to be reviewed in The Jacobite. It is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, which all involve the inclusion of real historical characters. This is an enjoyable story. Each story has an afterword with an illustration to update the reader on the actual historical (as opposed to the  fictional) situation of its theme. There are all the usual fictional characters you would expect in Sherlock Holmes stories.   Reedsy With these five short stories the author masterfully captures the distinctive voices of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original characters. Each story anchors the reader in...