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Sherlock Holmes Society of London "A handsome hardback novel by Diane Gilbert Madsen. The Conan Doyle Notes: The Secret of Jack the Ripper is the third DD McGil Literati Mystery, the first two being published by Midnight Ink. Some of the characters bear canonical names, but this is set in present-day America. An apparently routine fraud case for insurance investigator DD McGil interweaves with a more curious matter, a murderous assault on a friend of hers and the theft of an old diary that hints at a momentous discovery – Arthur Conan Doyle’s own notes on the Whitechapel murders and the identity...

Week 33 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022  We have a brand new audiobook this week and three more so a total of four free audiobooks for our fans. We'd also like up to five volunteers who are on TikTok to reach out to us to review paperbacks with short videos. #booktok is becoming a very popular way to review books so if you are active on TikTok, or would like to be and get free MX paperbacks sent to you for review please get in touch. This weeks news: 1. Kickstarters 2. Free Audiobooks  3. Audio App 4. New Books 1. Kickstarters...

Nick Cardillo “The Cotswolds Werewolf and Other Stories is yet another in a long line of pastiches which finds the world’s greatest detective investigating what seem to be supernatural goings-on. While the concept may not be the most original, I freely admit that I enjoy it. Reading any pastiche which finds Sherlock Holmes in an atmospheric setting, investigating an unusual crime makes for a fun experience. The question is, does this collection of short stories live up to the high standard of its predecessors? The main attraction of this collection is the eponymous story, “The Adventure of the Cotswolds Werewolf.” It...

Publishers Weekly Mower ably emulates Conan Doyle in his solid fifth pastiche collection (after 2021’s Sherlock Holmes—The Baker Street Epilogue). Two of the six stories stand out as worthy of the best pasticheurs. In “The Neckar Reawakening,” the detective travels to Sussex after a 15-year-old maid is found drowned in a pond. The chief constable suspects foul play, as six months earlier a young woman died in the same place and the same way, wearing a similar necklace with a mermaid charm attached. That fatality was ruled a suicide despite the coroner’s unusual choice not to conduct a postmortem, and the...

Week 32 - Thank Holmes It's Friday 2022  The Mr Holmes Advent calendars are ready to order and will be dispatched in September. There's a 4th Volume released this year and every year we sell out. They are great fun to do as a family, in the teacher's lounge, or by yourself. Mr Holmes Advent Calenders. This weeks news: 1. Kickstarters 2. Free Audiobooks  3. Audio App 4. New Books 1. Kickstarters There are five Kickstarters running at the moment including books from Terry Golledge, Tim Symonds, Sherlock Holmes advent calendars, the latest Study In Illustrations volume and a brilliant new collection from Belanger...