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Every Sunday we're going to celebrate a Sherlock Holmes author with free audiobook codes.  This Sunday it's Claire Daines. With MX Claire has two novels and a short story but Claire has contributed to several anthologies too. Claire's short story is being performed live next weekend 10th December online by Cellar Theatre - click below for tickets - 8pm UK, 3pm EST. Sherlock Holmes - A Criminal Carol.   A Study in Regret  What if two had perished at Reichenbach Falls? One simple, disastrous error throws Sherlock Holmes from his intended Hiatus into a tortuous journey of sorrow and remorse....

All UK mystery book bundle orders placed this weekend will get a free gift. The first three orders will get a 221b key on a chain... All other orders will get a free Arthur Conan Doyle Estate tartan bookmark.

Week 48 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022  Out this week in print; The Criminal World Of Sherlock Holmes - Volume Two A shocking account of the savage world in which Sherlock Holmes operated. The crimes of The Ripper; Conan Doyle’s knowledge of the killer’s identity; the methods employed by criminals, and of their pursuers; the harrowing truth about Holmes’ drug abuse, and of his gang of ‘street arabs’, the long-lost crime monographs by the Baker Street sleuth; and much more, this book tells the true story of Holmes’ gas-lit and sinister criminal world. “Kelvin Jones takes the reader into Victorian...

Every Sunday we're going to celebrate a Sherlock Holmes author with free audiobook codes and offers on all their books.   In 2010 when the BBC asked the Sherlock Holmes Society of London to review the first episode of the new BBC One three part series ‘Sherlock’ on the day of broadcast, they chose Alistair Duncan as their leading expert for interview on BBC Radio 5 Live. Several million listeners tuned in to hear Alistair give the modern day reimagining of Sherlock Holmes the thumbs up. For the audiobooks please fill in our contact form with letting us know which country you are...

Sherlock Holmes Society of London Alistair Duncan knows his Holmes, and he brings a fresh eye to this 240-page survey of the Canon and its film and TV off-shoots. Eliminate the Impossible is well written and entertaining. The story summaries are concise and accurate, and the notes are frequently incisive. Most interesting, to my mind, and most controversial, are the comments on film and television portrayals.  The book begins with a brief examination of the effect that the stories have had on modern crime literature. It goes on to examine the origins of the character of Holmes himself from his...