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Sherlock Book Reviews - The Adventure of the Coal-Tar Derivative

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Sherlock Book Reviews - The Adventure of the Coal-Tar Derivative

David Marcum Mr. Jones is the author of a number of previous books, and I’d first heard of him for his “Clive Cussler Adventures: A Critical Review”, since I’ve been a Cussler fanatic since 1980, when there were only four Cussler novels. Then Mr. Jones drifted onto my Sherlockian radar as the author of a couple of scripts for Jim French’s radio show, “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”. It was a short jump from there to him writing Holmes short stories. Some of those, along with several new tales, are now collected in “The Adventure of the Coal-Tar Derivative”...

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MX Audio Collection Releases - 100% Sherlock with Nicholas Meyer

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MX Audio Collection Releases - 100% Sherlock with Nicholas Meyer

We're delighted to confirm the release into the app the exclusive new interview with Nicholas Meyer - 100% Sherlock. Well, nearly 100% - when you are interviewing the guy that directed the best Star Trek movie ever (he directed two actually) it's hard to stay completely on track. We caught up with Nick a couple of weeks ago. Nicholas Meyer's new book The Return of The Pharoh is set in Egypt - we cover that and of course talk about the most successful Sherlock Holmes story of all time - The Seven Per Cent Solution and his fascinating biography The...

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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday Offers 2022 - Week 7

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#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday Offers 2022 - Week 7

Week 7 - 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...

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The Top 8 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks So Far In February 2022

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The Top 8 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks So Far In February 2022

Audio is the fastest growing format for Sherlock Holmes books with short story collections leading the most popular in February...   1.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green 2.   A Proof Reader’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Nick Dunn-Meynell and Jack Auty 3.   Sherlockian Ruminations from a Stormy Petrel – Brenda Rossini and Steve White 4.   Erin Go Bloody, McCabe and Cody Series, Book 6 – Dan Andriacco and Tom Lennon 5.   Three Holmesian Meditations – Orlando Pearson and Steve White 6.   Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Enfield Rope – Hugh Ashton and Steve White 7.   The Norwood Author: Arthur Conan Doyle and...

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Sherlock Holmes Book Club Adds Audio

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Sherlock Holmes Book Club Adds Audio

We're delighted to share that the  Sherlock Holmes Book Club now includes free access to the MX Audio Collection as part of membership. The book club subscription service at its core includes one volume of the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories in hardcover per month. Books are sent out once a month. Each volume includes 20+ traditional Sherlock Holmes stories. So every month you get a book and access to loads of content. The books build into the largest Sherlock Holmes story collection in the world - already over 800 stories and 30 volumes edited by David Marcum (David...

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