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Sherlock Holmes Society of London This is the first Holmesian pastiche of its kind that I have read. I assume that there have been others on this theme. The narrative brings together the eternal mystery over the identity of Jack the Ripper and the successful prosecution and subsequent execution of a multiple murderer. In other words, Jack the Ripper is, in this book, satisfactorily dealt with albeit only indirectly. The police detectives are, as usual, ably assisted by Sherlock Holmes with Watson acting as usual as a mere chronicler. The book is full of Canonical references which the author no...

Week 1 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2023 Happy New Year! A massive thanks to everyone who posted ratings and reviews for our books in 2022. We're going to continue into 2023 with free audiobooks every week. Posting a rating on Amazon makes a big difference to a book as Amazon starts to promote books once they reach fifty or more ratings. Kickstarter  Two campaigns running; Holmes and Co - Books 4-6 (from eighteen) - Irene Holmes, Sherlock's daughter, continues the tradition as a detective. The Collected Endeavours of Sherlock Holmes - An all-new anthology by S.F. Bennett! Plus, her new novella Sherlock Holmes:...

Sherlock Holmes Society of London An enthralling and heart-warming book, full of Christmas cheer. This is the fifth in MacBird’s series, which sees our heroes pursuing two cases: an attempted kidnapping and the search for a missing person. While the plotlines are not as lengthy or complex as those of the earlier books, they are well-crafted and enchanting. Alongside the action, the story features lots of well-judged humour and is told with great clarity and affection. Character-wise, the portrayal of both Holmes and Watson felt familiar and reassuring. And it was a neat twist to once again feature Miss Hephzibah...

Sherlock Holmes Society of London An enthralling tale, which begins by unpicking what we thought we knew about the events leading up to, and beyond, Holmes’s encounter with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. That our heroes will continue to be challenged by Moriarty’s successors is writ large from the very start of this traditional pastiche. The central part of the plot is concerned with the murder of Joseph Healy, a well-regarded employee of the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, whose body is discovered on a bench within a privet hedge maze. As the action unfolds thick and fast, we get...

Sherlock Holmes Society of London  David Marcum’s latest volumes add sixty-two new stories to his impressive series of New Sherlock Holmes Stories. My single difficulty in reviewing them is coming up with something new to say. The foreword, “We Can But Try”, summed up better than I could why I am such a fan of these books: Marcum is rightly proud of the quantity of “True Holmes” stories his now thirty-three volumes have given the Holmesian community. What he is too humble to mention is the quality. He has compiled a huge number of authentic-feeling short pastiches which all deserve...