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Week 22 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022 Now on Kickstarter - The Hound Of The Baskervilles – A Sherlock Holmes Reader. This weeks news: 1. Amazon Bargains 2. June Offer 3. Free Audiobooks  4. Audio App 5. New Books   1. Amazon Bargains Did you know that sometimes Amazon orders too much stock and the way they fix that is to give big discounts on the books to get back to their normal stock level? It happens sometimes when a book gets very popular for a short period. You have to be fast though, as only a few copies will be...

Sherlock Holmes was real. Many fans believe he was a real detective, but in fact, he was really a spy. His legend lives on in the writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as a detective but in fact his character was a tribute to the young man that Conan Doyle and James Bell worked with in Her Majesty's Secret Service. Sherlock Holmes did not die at Reichenbach - but many years earlier. The recently discovered diaries of the young Arthur Conan Doyle contain the startling adventures of Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and the Edinburgh surgeon, Joseph Bell. At the time, Holmes,...

Week 21 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022 Now on Kickstarter 'Sherlock Holmes: The Cherry Tree and the Comma' and The Hound Of The Baskervilles – A Sherlock Holmes Reader. This weeks news: 1. Free Audiobooks  2. Audio App 3. New Books   1. Free Audiobooks Two free audiobooks this week - including the brand new Mrs Hudson adventure. Please remember to post a rating of the book and a short review if possible. Please use the contact us form, quote #THIF 130 and let us know which country you are from and tell us which of the books you would like.     Mrs Hudson Goes...

I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Holmesian pastiche is rife with mashups, especially the literary kind. Hoping to generate a strong story, authors frequently pair Holmes and Watson with other characters and historical figures to create unique tales that might not fit regular canon. Sherlock Holmes and the Horror of Frankenstein, written by Luke Benjamen Kuhns and drawn by Marcie Klinger is an exceptional mix of horror and detection that is well worth reading. The story opens with a man discovering — and chipping out — a figure in the ice. Discovering Holmes with his infamous seven-per-cent solution, Watson spurs Holmes...

Raven Reviews “This novel is a retelling of “The Problem of Thor Bridge.” The tale is expanded and has a slightly different slant than the original. J. Neil Gibson, The Gold King is accompanied to 221B by Samuel Clemens, AKA “Mark Twain.” In fact, Twain has recommended Holmes to his friend, and when the man bolts from Baker Street it is Clemens that brings him back…  This makes for a really strong story! That the ending changes don’t affect Holmes’ triumph at all and makes perfect sense with the evidence given! I doubt that even a Holmes purist could find...