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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday Offers 2022 - Week 8

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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday Offers 2022 - Week 8

Week 8 - 75 more audiobooks to give away... 1. New Books (get them pre-publication)   2. Free Audiobooks  3. Audio App -  Spring 20% lifetime discount 4. Sherlock Holmes Book Club - Now includes audio 5. Kickstarter 6. Offers   1. New Books As many of you will know, one of the benefits of subscribing to our newsletter is to know about, and get access to, new Sherlock Holmes books months ahead of the public. Here are some great new books you can grab now whilst others wait.....   Mrs Hudson Goes To Paris - 14th Feb 2022 This is Susan Knight's third book...

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THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday Audio Collection Trial

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THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday Audio Collection Trial

Several of our fans asked if we could set up a trial for the new MX Audio Collection App - so we have added a 2 day trial so you can test it out and listen to a few of your favourite interviews and stories and see if the app is for you. The trial costs $2 with a share of the proceeds going to Undershaw school for children with learning disabilities (the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). There's lots to choose from. For example, we're delighted to confirm the release into the app the exclusive new interview...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - The Additional Investigations of Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Book Reviews - The Additional Investigations of Sherlock Holmes

David Marcum After writing for a number of years, chiefly in the espionage field, Arthur Hall write a Sherlockian pastiche. And as so many have discovered before him, it’s an addition that cannot be denied – either for the writer, or those who want to read them. Fortunately, Mr. Hall is very good at it.     Over the last several years, Hall has written quite a few excellent Holmes novels, and even more Holmes short stories, all for various anthologies, mostly “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories”. There have been several previous collections of these, and this...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Cat and The Missing Mousie

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Cat and The Missing Mousie

David Marcum There have been a lot of kids books related to Sherlock Holmes. There are countless variations of the adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars in various combinations. There are several series looking at the life of Young Sherlock Holmes. All serve to give young readers a sense of who Holmes is, serving as a gateway to lead them to the true Canon. This book does the same, but in a new and unique way – a Sherlockian mystery narrated by cats.     Unlike the “Basil of Baker Street” series by Eve Titus, which had Holmes and Watson-like...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes: The Man with the Twisted Script

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes: The Man with the Twisted Script

David Marcum Like several other authors with unwanted time on their hands, Mike Foy used COVID lock-downs to compile this brilliant little book. Foy is already well known and respected for “The Curious Characters of Sherlock Holmes” and the multi-volume “Sherlock Holmes – A Study in Illustrations” – all massive volumes full of Canonical illustrations. In the introduction to this smaller tome, Mr. Foy explains that as he was assembling the aforementioned books, he often found himself chuckling over different illustrations, and realized that he could add humorous captions.   “The Man With the Twisted Scripts” has over 70 original...

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