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Bestselling Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in May 2024

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Bestselling Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in May 2024

Another record month for audiobooks sales and The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes tops the charts for May. Welcome news for Caiden as he's working on Volume 2 as we speak. Martin Daley's Selected Cases and Terry Golledge's Rediscovered Annals are other collections with a strong month but its Kelvin Jone's fascinating new release of articles and stories from the magazine 'The New Sherlockian' that is the surprise entry at number three. David Marcum's excellent novel Eye of Heka is the highest placed novel in the chart.   1.   The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Caiden Cooper Myles and Luke Barton...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Synchrony Strategem - Sinister House Book 3

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Synchrony Strategem - Sinister House Book 3

Reedsy "This book is a worthy addition to the SH book world, so I recommend it to all SH fans across the globe."   The third book in the Sherlock Holmes Sinister House series.  Also available from Amazon USA.

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Great Warrior - The Sherlock Holmes Diaries 1901

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Great Warrior - The Sherlock Holmes Diaries 1901

Reedsy "Great Warrior: The Sherlock Holmes Diaries’ plot is woven in the solutions of two great mysteries that fans of the consulting detective will welcome. Watson is minimized. Lestrade is sidelined. Holmes is more humanized."     Book 4 of the Lady Beatrice series. Also available from Amazon USA and Barnes and Noble. Sherlock Holmes has seen more violent death than most men, but this time it's different. This time the victim is Meg, Mrs Hudson's beloved niece. Soon the detective discovers that Meg isn't the only woman to die by this killer's hand. There are others. All, like Meg, nurses recently home...

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Book Reviews - The Woodland Grave - A Paranormal Ghost Story

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Book Reviews - The Woodland Grave - A Paranormal Ghost Story

Reedsy "Well-structured quick read with excellent foreboding atmosphere and strong tension, though not a traditional paranormal romance." (4 stars) "The Woodland Grave is a gripping mystery set in a haunting forest filled with twists and turns that will keep you hooked until the very end." (4 stars)     Available from: Amazon USA     Barnes and Noble     Amazon UK Kindle           In the dead of night two young women meet by chance on a hillside. Chris is the squire's daughter and Gerry a visitor to her village.Although Chris has lived all her life in the countryside...

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Book Reviews - The Dramatic Moment of Fate: The Life of Sherlock Holmes in the Theatre

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Book Reviews - The Dramatic Moment of Fate: The Life of Sherlock Holmes in the Theatre

Sherlock Holmes Society of London  As Ms Kitty says, “Few literary characters have had such a long and illustrious stage presence.” It’s more than likely that, on any given day in normal times, somewhere in the world a play featuring Sherlock Holmes is being rehearsed or performed. The USA is ahead of the rest: after all, the American William Gillette was the first actor to play Holmes with Conan Doyle’s blessing, and the first to become identified with the character. A thorough survey of Holmesian productions in American theatres would need several volumes, even if it were possible, and this...

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