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Sherlock Holmes Society of London This book contains eleven traditional pastiches. Rather neatly, two are told from the perspective of canonical characters other than Holmes and Watson: “Larceny in the Sky with Diamonds” is narrated by Professor Moriarty, while “You Only Live Thrice” is presented by the very capable Inspector Baynes of the Surrey County Constabulary (who we first came across in “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge”). The stories are true to the style and character of the originals. Each plot is carefully crafted, and the tone and pace of each story makes this a fine read. The best of...

David Marcum This is a most interesting volume – in fact, it’s two volumes – which will be much appreciated by very young Sherlockians, or their older Sherlockian parents who want to raise their kids the right way.  Mr. Ryan notes that he wrote the book “because I wanted to share my love of Holmes and Watson with my grandchildren” – a most noble reason. It will certainly engage younger readers. Each letter of the alphabet is represented with a short poem – sometimes contained on a single page with a colorful illustration, and sometimes spread to two pages with...

In our book 'The Happy Life Story', one of the key stories is Beniah. We first met him ten years ago as a baby and now he's a happy, healthy ten year old living at Happy Life in Juja Farm.  Here's the extract of his story from the book: "Chiumbo is nearing the end of his ten hour shift collecting garbage in the Kibera slum and he is exhausted. He’s about to throw a clutch of carrier bags onto the wagon when he hears a noise.  He pauses – there is the sound again, coming from one of the plastic...

Every Sunday we're going to celebrate a Sherlock Holmes author with free audiobook codes.  This Sunday its award winning author and poet Jospeh Svec III. In addition to traditional pastiches, Joseph has written some tremendous fantasy pastiches featuring characters from literary lore. You can see all his books at the Joseph Svec Author Profile. As we are close to Christmas look at The Night Before Christmas at 221B   For the free audiobooks please fill in our contact form with letting us know which country you are in.   Audiobooks Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of Grinning Cat Time is running out!...

It's a record month for audiobooks and here's the top ten halfway into the month of December... 1.   Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Heka – David Marcum and Luke Barton 2.   Sherlock Holmes and the Return of the Whitechapel Vampire – Dean P. Turnbloom and Kevin E Green 3.   No Better Place – Alistair Duncan and J.T. McDaniel 4.   Sherlock Holmes and the Menacing Monk – Allan Mitchell and Steve White 5.   The Trial of Joseph Carr: A case file from “The Redacted Sherlock Holmes” – Orlando Pearson and Steve White 6.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green 7.   East Wind Coming – Yuichi Hirayama and...