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Week 41 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022  Out this week in print are: The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes - Terry Golledge Scarlett Holmes, Sister of Sherlock - Contrarian - Lawrence Stribling Hidden Fires - Jane Rubino    Free Audiobooks One brand new book this week - Sherlock Holmes and The Sixty Steps which Publishers Weekly called "Duffy’s superb third pastiche collection". Please remember to post a rating of the book and a short review if possible as reviews and ratings go to help fund our free audiobook programme. Please use the contact us form, quote #THIF 146 and let us know which country you...

"Of the hundreds of Sherlock Holmes pastiche mysteries available to the Sherlockian, very few can match this book for a depth of historical research, finely crafted sentences and paragraphs, and a heart-stopping thrill of a story. Ms. Altabef takes the reader on a journey during the great hiatus and brings Sherlock Holmes to New York state where he is led to investigate that horrifying world of the insane asylums of that day. The characters she creates--especially that of the child, Rachel--are distinct, colorful, and memorable. The plot builds through incident after dangerous incident, culminating with a frantic climax. A great...

Week 40 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022  Out this week in print are: The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes - Terry Golledge Scarlett Holmes, Sister of Sherlock - Contrarian - Lawrence Stribling Hidden Fires - Jane Rubino  ...plus several of the Sherlock Holmes campaigns on Kickstarter are coming to a close this week.   Free Audiobooks A choice of four books from our catalogue this week - please let us know which you would like. Please remember to post a rating of the book and a short review if possible as reviews and ratings go to help fund our free audiobook programme. Please use the contact us...

Back in the 1980s there was a magazine called 'The Sherlockian' which ran to six editions. The originals are now very sought after and rare and exist mainly in private collections.  (many thanks to David Marcum for sharing a photo of his copies) Produced by Magico Magazine and edited by Kelvin Jones the material included essays and stories by leading Sherlockians in the UK, USA and Canada. Contributors included the renowned radio writer, Michael Hardwick, Godfrey Hunt, Michael Kean, Catherine Cooke, crime writer David Stuart Davies, and that doyen of pastiche writers, Denis O Smith, George Cleve Haynes, Kelvin I Jones...

1.   The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon and Other Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Kevin E. Green 2.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green 3.   Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Archive – Mark Mower and Michael Langan 4.   Sherlock Holmes: The Persian Slipper and Other Stories – Brenda Seabrooke and Kevin E Green 5.   The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning 6.   In Unhallowed Rest – A Sherlock Holmes Adventure – John Sutton and Steve White 7.   The Endeavours of Sherlock Holmes – Mark Wardecker and Michael Langan 8.   Three May Keep a Secret – Richard Ryan and Luke Barton 9.   Irregular Lives – Kim...